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    SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.27-rc5: System boot regression caused by commit a2bd7274b47124d2fc4dfdb8c0591f545ba749dd
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    On Friday, 29 of August 2008, Yinghai Lu wrote:
    > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:
    > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
    > >> On Friday, 29 of August 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
    > >>> On Friday, 29 of August 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > >>> >
    > >>> > Another week (my weeks do seem to be eight days, don't they? Very odd),
    > >>> > another -rc.
    > >>> >
    > >>> > The dirstat pretty much says it all:
    > >>> >
    > >>> > 43.0% arch/arm/configs/
    > >>> > 43.9% arch/arm/
    > >>> > 25.5% arch/powerpc/configs/
    > >>> > 26.8% arch/powerpc/
    > >>> > 73.9% arch/
    > >>> > 4.4% drivers/usb/musb/
    > >>> > 5.4% drivers/usb/
    > >>> > 4.0% drivers/watchdog/
    > >>> > 16.0% drivers/
    > >>> > 3.5% fs/
    > >>> >
    > >>> > yeah, the bulk of it is all config updates, and with arm and powerpc
    > >>> > leading the pack.
    > >>>
    > >>> Doesn't boot on my quad core test box, apparently because of an AHCI failure.
    > >>>
    > >>> Bisecting ...
    > >>
    > >> Bisection turned up commit a2bd7274b47124d2fc4dfdb8c0591f545ba749dd as the culprit:
    > >>
    > >> commit a2bd7274b47124d2fc4dfdb8c0591f545ba749dd
    > >> Author: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
    > >> Date: Mon Aug 25 00:56:08 2008 -0700
    > >>
    > >> x86: fix HPET regression in 2.6.26 versus 2.6.25, check hpet against BAR, v3
    > >>
    > >> Reverting this commit helps.
    >
    > can you try tip/master? we have another fix according to Linus..

    I have tested the patch that Linus sent me and it works. Please see my reply
    to Linus for the link to the dmesg output.

    Thanks,
    Rafael


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