linux-kernel - Re: x86_64 : kernel initial decompression hangs on vmware

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Message-ID: <20071010203232.GA6088@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:32:32 +0800
From:	Fengguang Wu <wfg@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...o.co.il>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, david-g@....net
Subject: Re: x86_64 : kernel initial decompression hangs on vmware

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:18:42PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 October 2007 09:37:39 Fengguang Wu wrote:
> 
> > One of my friends' vmware "hangs" 
> 
> It should just be a little slow. VMware seems to do something fishy
> here -- KVM or Xen using VT don't have this issue.

Yeah, it's a false hang ;-)

> > on booting Linux 2.6.23, and then get 
> > it to work by applying your patch at http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/4/72.
> 
> The patch is already in 2.6.23; it was just missing in .22. Perhaps
> your friend confused those two.

Ah indeed. Sorry for the noise.

Fengguang

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