Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:07:14 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [AGPGART] intel_agp: use table for device probe |
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On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 06:22:35PM +0200, Carlo Wood wrote:
> > Hi Dave, I have an amd64 box for which every kernel > > after 2.6.18 hangs during boot, so I have no dmesg :( > > > > I used git bisect to find out where the problem patch is, > > and assuming bisect works (imho it jumped between versions > > very weirdly: closing in on the last 6 revisions, it > > jumped from 2.6.18 to 2.6.18-rc2 to 2.6.18-rc6), the problem > > is a patch in intel-agp.c, where support for the intel 965G > > is added (which I have). > Dave, I have no idea why you never replied to this -- don't > you care that kernels 2.6.19 through 2.6.21 lockup on boot? --
Sometimes things fall through the cracks.. I haven't heard any similar problems, which makes it somewhat odd.
> The patch causes my machine to lock up and/or crash > in various ways (depending on the exact version of the kernel), > very shortly after printing: agpgart: Detected an Intel 965G Chipset. > > The first kernel version that stops doing that is 2.6.22-rc5. > I used git bisect once more to find the patch that fixes this bug: > I am mailing this mostly because the comment doesn't seem to indicate > that the author is aware that this patch fixes an existing regression > (it worked fine for me with 2.6.18).
Indeed, it was unknown to me too, this should have just been a clean-up.
> If anyone wants to know more (like what hardware I'm using), please > show me that you're actually alive / reading my mails.
Out of curiousity, I'd like to see your lspci (not -v or anything, just run with no args)
Dave
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