linux-kernel - Re: [BISECTED][REGRESSION] Kernel does not boot on EeePC

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Message-ID: <20140609140215.GA1579@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 9 Jun 2014 16:02:15 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BISECTED][REGRESSION] Kernel does not boot on EeePC


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> On 06/08/2014 02:45 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...il.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The latest kernel (c593e8978722f7f4a12932733cfeed6c0c74fbaa) refuses to
> >> boot on my EeePC - after grub is finished the screen just remains black
> >> and the only thing that does something is pressing the power button. The
> >> problem commit seems to be:
> >>
> >> commit 3e1a878b7ccdb31da6d9d2b855c72ad87afeba3f
> >> Author: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>
> >> Date:   Thu Jun 5 15:42:45 2014 +0200
> >>
> >>     x86/smpboot: Initialize secondary CPU only if master CPU will wait for it
> > 
> > Argh, and have read this just a minute after expressing my hope that 
> > the hotplug fix is correct :-/
> > 
> > Linus, please revert commit 3e1a878b7ccdb.
> > 
> >   Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> > 
> 
> I really want to say *THANK YOU* to Sitsofe for a very timely and 
> complete report.  You really saved us some highly valuable time.

Seconded!

Thanks,

	Ingo
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