Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac | From | Michel Dänzer <> | Date | Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:02:36 +0200 |
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On Mit, 2011-04-13 at 18:43 -0500, kevin diggs wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt > <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:52 -0500, kevin diggs wrote: > >> > Actually I do get a crash in X later on... something in the radeon > >> DRM > >> > interrupt code is getting what looks like a NULL dereference. I'll > >> try > >> > to dig that one later on. I don't know if it's related to your > >> problem > >> > at all though. > >> > > >> In this context, what does 'crash' mean? The X thingy goes down? Or > >> the whole OS? > > > > Depends, with xmon enabled you get into xmon :-) Dunno if the oops is > > fatal but it could be. > > > > Cheers, > > Ben. > > > > > > As I think I have the same hardware as you (7,3, radeon 9600) If you > can tell me how to reproduce it maybe I can poke around a little. > Thus, at least temporarily, freeing you up for other stuff. > > I kinda need a break from fighting with GCC.
FWIW, the problem Ben refers to might be fixed in current mainline by commit d87dfdbfc91c5e37288e7e8f7afdd992ba61a60d which reverts 69a07f0b117a40fcc1a479358d8e1f41793617f2 .
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