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    SubjectRe: 2.6.29-rc1 does not boot
    Ingo Molnar schrieb:
    > * Dieter Ries <clip2@gmx.de> wrote:
    >
    >> Ingo Molnar schrieb:
    >>> * Dieter Ries <clip2@gmx.de> wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> Hi,
    >>>>
    >>>> I just pulled 2.6.29-rc1, ran oldconfig with defaults and built it.
    >>>> When I try to boot it, that kind of works until init should start. Then
    >>>> nothing happens. I tried with init=/bin/bash, which sometimes works, and
    >>>> sometimes gets me a bash without the prompt flashing.
    >>>>
    >>>> I captured the output with netconsole, but I cannot see a problem there.
    >>>> It is attached.
    >>>>
    >>>> My config is also attached.
    >>>>
    >>>> The machine:
    >>>>
    >>>> Lenovo Thinkpad T60
    >>>> Core2Duo 2GHz
    >>>>
    >>>> Gentoo 64bit
    >>>>
    >>>> Everything worked fine with 83bc66f, which was my last pull.
    >>>>
    >>>> What else should I provide for debugging that?
    >>> hm, there's no 83bc66f in Linus's tree.
    >> Sorry, thats because I applied Timo Hoenigs patch for the fingerprint
    >> reader. So the right commit where it worked is 6680598.
    >>
    >> Before pulling today, I reverted that patch, to avoid conflicts, so I
    >> guess it should not matter.
    >
    > in the 6680598..v2.6.29-rc1 window there's more than 3000 commits: there
    > were libata and IDE changes, x86 changes, cpumask changes, ACPI changes
    > and more. Any of those categories could produce such error symptoms as
    > your box is showing.
    >
    > Unless you can see some particular badness in the kernel messages
    > (something that changed to the last working version) that narrows it down
    > to some subsystem, i suspect this would have to be bisected ...

    I am starting to bisect now, will report back when I found something.

    >
    > Ingo
    >

    cu
    Dieter


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