linux-kernel - Re: PCIEHP breakage in 2.6.26-rc1,2.6.26-rc2,2.6.26-rc3

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Message-ID: <20080519181226.GD2638@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Mon, 19 May 2008 12:12:26 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Ryan Hope <rmh3093@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: PCIEHP breakage in 2.6.26-rc1,2.6.26-rc2,2.6.26-rc3

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 01:47:35PM -0400, Ryan Hope wrote:
> My kernel, and numerous other people have reported to me that their
> kernels hang at boot if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE=Y
> 
> If this is set to M or N. The kernel boots fine.
> 
> When I build pciehp as a module, and try to modprobe it after the
> kernel boots, modprobe never returns. I can cancel the operation with
> ctrl+c and then when i run dmesg there are messages that look like the
> module did get inserted.
> Further more, lsmod shows that the module was loaded.
> 
> Seems like there is a small bug in here somehwhere.

You're not giving us much to go on here ...

 - Does your hardware have hotpluggable PCIe slots?
 - What was the last version of the kernel that did work?
 - What messages do you see in dmesg?
 - Can you run 'ps' and get the wchan for the modprobe process to see
   where it's hanging?

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