linux-kernel - Re: [BISECTED] Today's Linus.git hangs during boot: can't find the floppy controller

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Message-ID: <4C5FC49B.9040208@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:04:27 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
CC:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	walt <w41ter@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [BISECTED] Today's Linus.git hangs during boot: can't find the
 floppy controller

Hello,

On 08/09/2010 10:34 AM, Heiko Carstens wrote:
>>> I see a similar problem here. The kernel will boot, but the system will
>>> not initialize (no X11). 
>>> After reverting the commit, the system starts normally and the only
>>> workqueue problem left is drm related:
>>
>> I would guess that both of you have CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU disabled and enabling
>> that config option will make the problem disappear.
>> From the problem description and the patch it looks like it got screwed up
>> the same way I did two years ago.
>> See commits a802dd0eb5fc97a50cf1abb1f788a8f6cc5db635 and
>> 4403b406d4369a275d483ece6ddee0088cc0d592.

Heh, that's almost hilarious.  I'll see if this can be fixed
differently this time.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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