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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.33-rc3, rc2 regression at boot
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On Wednesday 06 January 2010, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >[ 0.558368] Unpacking initramfs...
>> >[ 0.648644] Freeing initrd memory: 3431k freed
>> >[ 0.651635] platform microcode: firmware: requesting
>> > amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin [ 60.646738] microcode: failed to load
>> > file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin [ 60.646858] microcode: CPU0:
>> > patch_level=0x1000065
>> >[ 60.646977] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x1000065
>> >[ 60.647099] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x1000065
>> >[ 60.647218] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x1000065
>> >
>> >Note the time, it kills quite close to a whole minute there, which at
>> > first would appear to be because there is not yet a mounted /lib
>> > filesystem to suck it from. I didn't build an rc1, but rc2 also
>> > suffers from this. 2.6.32.2 does not do this although its firmware
>> > request takes place at the same point. So it doesn't look like it is
>> > the lack of a mounted filesystem after all.
>> >
>> >FWIW, because it was a hot reboot, the patch_level reported is the
>> > correct level.
>> >
>> >I am also seeing some complaints about my Audigy2 sound card, but what I
>> > saw during the boot, never made it to the messages log. Something
>> > about guessing at the proper config, but I did hear kde sign on when x
>> > started.
>> >
>> >Thanks Linus.
>>
>> Update, I edited the .config by hand and added the full path in
>> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/"
>> which was just 'firmware', and rebuilt. No difference. I still get the
>> 60 second hang. FWIW, this particular setting isn't visible in a make
>> xconfig.
>
>As this is already at the stage when userspace exists and init has been
>started, it might well be delay of some userspace stuff, not directly
>kernel.
>
>Does alt-sysrq-t at the time it is stuck give any clue?
>
I will try that when I next reboot, thanks Jiri

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