linux-kernel - Re: Funny problem with 2.6.28: Kernel stalls

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812291636060.3723@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:46:27 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Michael Roth <mroth@...sie.de>
cc:	Andrew Drake <zappacky.lists@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Funny problem with 2.6.28: Kernel stalls

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Michael Roth wrote:
> Andrew Drake schrieb:
> > Michael Roth wrote:
> >> The funny part: If I hit any key (on the keyboard connected by USB) the
> >> kernel resumes to normal work until the next stall.
> >>
> > 
> > This sounds a little bit like my old problem... try kernel option nolapic_timer.
> > It worked for me, perhaps it can do the same for you.
> 
> I didn't checked nolapic_timer (yet), but found these small changes to
> the kernel config do the trick for me:
 
Can you please provide the following information from the kernel which
shows these freeze symptoms:

output of: dmesg
output of: cat /proc/timer_list

Thanks,

	tglx
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