linux-kernel - Re: Can't boot with "nosmp"

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:43:24 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can't boot with "nosmp"

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger@...tta.com> wrote:
> If I boot a KVM instance configured with 4 CPU's but pass the "nosmp" flag
> Host kernel is 2.6.30-rc1, guest kernel is 2.6.29.1
> It dies really early in boot, on a module I never use..
>

Hi Stephen,

I'll try to reproduce this.  In the meantime you can set
CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE=n as a workaround.  The output of
scripts/markup_oops.pl may help...

Thanks for the report,
Dan
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