Re: [patch] voluntary-preempt-2.6.9-rc1-bk12-R5

From: Lee Revell
Date: Sat Sep 25 2004 - 14:27:57 EST


On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 04:31, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > * Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > OK, could just someone with a P4 HT/SMP box hand me their working
> > > kernel .config file for me to try? That could be a good starting
> > > point, if not a plain baseline.
> >
> > I'll try the latest VP kernel (-R9) on a P4/HT SMP box in a minute and
> > will send you a .config if it works. [...]
>
> P4/HT SMP works fine here - config attached.
>
> since your lockups occur under X, could you try to disable DRI/DRM in
> your XConfig? Also, would it be possible to connect that box to another
> box via a serial line and enable the kernel's serial console via the
> 'console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty' boot option and run 'minicom' on that
> other box, set the serial line to 38400 baud there too and capture all
> kernel messages that occur when the lockups happens? Also enable the NMI
> watchdog via nmi_watchdog=1.

Rui brought up an interesting point on the alsa list. Is this procedure
possible at all on a new laptop without a legacy serial port?

Lee

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