linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.29-rc2 dies on startup

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Date:	Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:46:25 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arve@...roid.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc2 dies on startup

On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:53:31 +0100 Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running 2.6.28 without problems.  I decided to give 2.6.29-rc2 a
> try.  It crashes very early during boot, see screenshot, config and lspci
> under http://apt.niif.hu/2.6.29-rc2/.  CPU is AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+,
> kernel command line: root=/dev/hda1 ro.  I fixed the pcf50663 compile
> error by hand, and have a small patch on /drivers/acpi/battery.c, but
> that module isn't loaded on this system.  I can hook up a serial
> console for further info if needed.

What a ghastly backtrace.

At a guess I'd say that drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c is calling
the reed-solomon code earlier than it's expecting.  But that might be
totally wrong.

Please set CONFIG_STAGING=n and retest.
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