linux-kernel - Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:14:28 +0100
From:	Lionel Debroux <lionel_debroux@...oo.fr>
To:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
CC:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...k.pl,
	colin.king@...onical.com
Subject: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus
 laptops)

On 24.01.2011 10:47, Lionel Debroux wrote:
> 
> 
> --- En date de : Lun 24.1.11, Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr> a écrit :
> 
>> De: Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
>> Objet: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)
>> À: "Lionel Debroux" <lionel_debroux@...oo.fr>
>> Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...k.pl, colin.king@...onical.com
>> Date: Lundi 24 janvier 2011, 10h21
>> Pazartesi 24 Ocak 2011 günü (saat
>> 11:04:35) Lionel Debroux şunları yazmıştı:
>>>
>>> --- En date de : Dim 23.1.11, Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
>>> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> De: Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
>>>> Objet: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the
>> latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)
>>>> À: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
>> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
>> platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
>> rjw@...k.pl, colin.king@...onical.com
>>>> Date: Dimanche 23 janvier 2011, 21h24
>>>> On 23.01.2011 16:28, Ozan Çağlayan
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm getting a lot of bug reports about hanging
>>>>> boot/shutdowns on these days.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most of the affected hardware are ASUS laptops. The
>>>>> problem is that I don't have access to any of those
>>>>> problematic laptops and the users are
>>>>> not able at all to debug/bisect what is going on.
>>>>> However, I have collected dmesgs of good/bad boots,
>>>>> acpidump, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are the current status:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Asus F50SV does not boot unless lapic is passed"
>>>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26502
>>>>>
>>>>> "Regression between 2.6.35-020635-rc1 and 2.6.35-020635 breaks
>>>>> acpi support on Asus X71 laptop"
>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/689796
>>>>>
>>>>> "Asus N61JQ hangs at shutdown unless lapic is passed"
>>>>> (Not reported upstream yet, I've only downstream bug
>>>>> report which is Turkish)
>>>>> http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=15969
>>>>>
>>>>> "Asus X61S does not boot unless acpi=off is given"
>>>>> (Not reported upstream yet, I've only downstream bug
>>>>> report which is Turkish)
>>>>> http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=16322
>>>>> (I've told the reporter to try with nolapic, it will
>>>>> probably fix the issue but until confirmed acpi=off is the
>>>>> only solution. 2.6.36 was fine)
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll post more bugs in here as I've found them.
>>>>
>>>> (CC'ing: Colin King from Canonical)
>>>>
>>>> Another one for Asus N90Sc which was booting fine with
>>>> 10.04
>>>> but fails to boot with 10.10:
>>>>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/653626
>>>>
>>>> Seen that the issue mostly happens on Asus boxes, it's
>>>> possible that their firmwares are buggy but they were
>>>> booting/shutting down correctly until a recent change in kernel.
>>> My ASUS F3Jv-AS022P (Core 2 Duo T7200, 2 GB RAM, BIOS version
>>> 207) has trouble (read: it reboots within one second of the
>>> vmlinuz being loaded) with recent kernels as well.
>>>
>>> While I haven't performed a full bisection yet (which is why 
>>> I didn't try reporting the problem until I saw this thread),
>>> I have narrowed down the problem by compiling several tagged
>>> versions:
>>> * 2.6.35 series: .4 and .6 boot successfully, .8 and .10 fail;
>>> * 2.6.36 series: -rc2 boots successfully, .1 fails;
>>> * 2.6.37 series: -rc4 fails.
>>
>> So it's probably a commit to the mainline tree which was picked
>> by 2.6.35 maintainer to the stable tree (probably it was CC'ed)
>> cause this.
>>
>> Does passing nolapic or acpi=off cures the issue?
> IIRC, I tested at least one of these, without improvement.
> I'll test again tonight, when I can physically access the
> computer.
None of nolapic, acpi=off, nolapic acpi=off enables 2.6.35.8 to boot
on my ASUS F3Jv-AS022P.
The kernel line is
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda9 nomce vga=791 nomodeset
I've attached the 2.6.35.6 config.


>> Maybe rebooting immediately while booting
>> is a sign of another problem, I don't know.
>>
>> ---
>> Ozan Çağlayan
>> TUBITAK/UEKAE - Pardus Linux
>> http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng


Lionel.

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