Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2012 04:42:11 -0500 | From | Robin Holt <> | Subject | Re: Commit 722bc6b167 breaks booting on an 8TB system. |
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 04:51:19PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 12:00:29AM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> wrote: > >> > I just tried to boot an 8TB system. It fails very early in boot with: > >> > > >> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Cannot find space for the kernel page tables > >> > > >> > > >> > A git bisect lead me to commit 722bc6b16771ed80871e1fd81c86d3627dda2ac8. > >> > > >> > A git revert of that commit based on Linus' current as of a few hours ago > >> > (commit fb21aff) does boot past that point on the 8TB configuration. > >> > >> have some local patches. please check if they are helping... > > > > I will not have access to the machine until late tonight/early tomorrow > > (approximately 24 hours from now). I will try to give the patches a > > run then. Would you like them tested individually or as a set? > > only_need_recalculate_for_low.patch > > should be enough.
With just that patch, no improvement.
Sorry about the delay. I got bumped from the machine yesterday. The next reservable time is tomorrow night, otherwise, the machine is booked solid for the next 36 hours.
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