Re: 2.6.12-git8 Voluntary preempt hangs at boot

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jun 28 2005 - 02:49:15 EST



* Ash Milsted <thatistosayiseenem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just tried out VP on 2.6.12-git8 on my UP x86 system - it hangs just
> after configuring the cpu, i.e. enabling fast FPU restore, etc.
> Disabling ACPI and the local APIC makes no difference. Here's my
> current config, which *does* work - I only need to enable VP to break
> it. Btw, it also breaks without the CFQv3 and inotify patches.

i forgot about a dependency, -VP also needs this patch:

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12/2.6.12-mm2/broken-out/sched-tweak-idle-thread-setup-semantics.patch

could you check that this patch ontop of -git8 indeed fixes the boot
problem for you?

Ingo
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