Re: [RFC] Avoid PIT SMP lockups

[S.ÃaÄlar Onur]

11 Eki 2006 Ãar 22:26 tarihinde, john stultz ÅunlarÄ yazmÄÅtÄ: 
> On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 22:09 +0300, S.ÃaÄlar Onur wrote:
> > 11 Eki 2006 Ãar 21:43 tarihinde, john stultz ÅunlarÄ yazmÄÅtÄ:
> > > S.ÃaÄlar: Didn't follow this bit at all. Could you explain a bit more?
> >
> > Of course, while system boots kernel waits ~5 seconds (maybe more) after
> > printing "Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in
> > supervisor mode... Ok." line without any visual activity and after that
> > waiting period kernel panics.
>
> And this results in the same panic you linked to earlier?

Yes, kernel only panics if it waits there, if somehow can pass here (as i 
wrote before it can boot normally for every ~1/10 reboot) no panic occurs.

Cheers
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