Messages in this thread | | | From | Segher Boessenkool <> | Subject | Re: Make sure we populate the initroot filesystem late enough | Date | Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:58:28 +0100 |
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>>> I've not been able to reproduce it since, but I know others (BCC'ed >>> on >>> this note) have seen it and might prod them to come forth with >>> details >>> (and broken .config files) >> >> In my case, disabling CPU_FREQ_PMAC made the failure go away. >> After reverting this patch, CPU_FREQ_PMAC is once again operating >> successfully, so far. > > Hrm.. which cpufreq method is used on both your machines ? If it's the > one involving the PMU, it does involve a full hard reset of the > processor (with appropriate cache flushes etc...), maybe something's > going wrong in that area....
It's most likely a red herring, lots of config changes make the bug go away on some kernel versions (but not on others); the problem is very sensitive to changes in memory layout.
Segher
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