Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [Bug #10117] 2.6.25-current-git sometimes hangs on boot - dual-core Sony Vaio | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:33:38 +0200 |
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On Tuesday, 15 of April 2008, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > On Sun 13.Apr'08 at 17:25:45 -0300, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > > On Sun 13.Apr'08 at 20:56:41 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > > of recent regressions. > > > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > > from 2.6.24. Please verify if it still should be listed. > > > > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10117 > > > Subject : 2.6.25-current-git sometimes hangs on boot - dual-core Sony Vaio > > > Submitter : Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@nn7.de> > > > Date : 2008-02-23 18:55 (51 days old) > > > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/23/263 > > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/4/41 > > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/9/69 > > > > Soeren said it no longer happens to him in http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/9/53 > > but unfortunately it still happens with me using -rc9. So I kidnapped his > > bugzilla report :-) > > > > In the bugzilla entry I said earlier today that "hpet=disable" apparently > > makes the problem go away (42 boots OK so far, whereas without this > > boot option it hangs ~90% using vga=6 and ~10% using vga=0x0364) > > > > I tried to bisect it, but sometimes in pre 2.6.25-rc1 kernels it takes > > 30 boots before the first hang to occur. So bisection is not reliable... > > > > If someone proposes a patch I will be glad to test it! > > > > PS: The similar bug in buzilla 10377 also appears to be "fixed" > > by using hpet=disable, see comment #17 in that bug. > > > From what Mark Lord said in his comments #33 to #35 in > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10117 > it appears that this is a much older regression, from april 2007. > > So this is a regression, but not from 2.6.24 (although somehow > it never hit me before). I don't know about the policy of closing > regressions that come from way before the previous kernel version, > if there is any. Then I will let you manage the bugzilla #10117 > as you see fit (but I will be "there" to hopefuly test any > proposed patches).
I dropped the bug from the list of recent regressions, so it doesn't block bug #9832 any more. However, this still is a bug and regression, so the bugzilla entry remains open.
Thanks, Rafael
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