Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Ellerman <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.15-mm4 failure on power5 | Date | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:32:43 +1100 |
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:52, Dave C Boutcher wrote: > 2.6.15-mm4 won't boot on my power5 either. I tracked it down to the > following mutex patch from Ingo: kernel-kernel-cpuc-to-mutexes.patch > > If I revert just that patch, mm4 boots fine. Its really not obvious to > me at all why that patch is breaking things though...
My POWER5 (gr) LPAR seems to boot ok (3 times so far) with that patch, guess it's something subtle. That's with CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y. And it's just booted once with CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=n.
And now it's booted the full mm4 patch set without blinking.
cheers
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