linux-kernel - RE: 2.6.25-current-git hangs on boot

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Message-ID: <924EFEDD5F540B4284297C4DC59F3DEE9AA266@orsmsx423.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:12:55 -0800
From:	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"Soeren Sonnenburg" <kernel@....de>
Cc:	"Oliver Pinter" <oliver.pntr@...il.com>,
	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: 2.6.25-current-git hangs on boot


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@...k.pl] 
>Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 3:18 AM
>To: Soeren Sonnenburg
>Cc: Oliver Pinter; Linux Kernel; Pallipadi, Venkatesh
>Subject: Re: 2.6.25-current-git hangs on boot
>
>On Sunday, 24 of February 2008, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
>> On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 20:00 +0100, Oliver Pinter wrote:
>> > the pci=nommconf kernel parameter helped it?
>> 
>> yes indeed, this switch reliably helps to over come the hang at *this
>> stage* (I tried booting with booth the switch and w/o).
>> 
>> however with 50% chance I still see a hang directly after
>> 
>> cpuidle: using governor ladder
>
>Do you have CONFIG_CPU_IDLE set?  If you have, please try to 
>unset it and
>retest.
>

Rafael,

I am looking at the CPU_IDLE part of this regression. Just want to note
that there is another regression with needing pci=nommconf in current
git which was not required in .24. I am not sure whether you are already
tracking that as a different issue.

Thanks,
Venki
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