Re: [PATCH] x86: fix init_memory_mapping over boundary v2

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Jun 28 2008 - 03:48:21 EST



* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> * Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> > some end boundary is only page alignment, instead of 2M alignment, so
> >> > call ker_phycial_mapping_init three times. then don't overmap above
> >> > the max_low_pfn
> >>
> >> applied to tip/x86/unify-setup, thanks Yinghai.
> >
> > -tip testing found a 32-bit spontaneous reboot during bootup, with this
> > config:
> >
> > http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Sat_Jun_28_08_43_52_CEST_2008.bad
> >
> > no serial log produced at all.
> even with console=uart8250,io,0x03f8,115200n8 ?

correct, i use earlyprintk=serial,ttyS0,115200.

i just re-tested it - doing "git merge tip/x86/unify-setup" in the
tip/master branch triggers the failure with that config on a wide range
of 32-bit boxes.

Ingo
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