Re: 2.6.19-rt11 boot failure

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sun Dec 10 2006 - 03:04:43 EST



* Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> Sorry for the interrupt, but all my 2.6.19-rt11 builds very fail
> >> early on boot. It doesn't matter if its UP or SMP. This is a sample
> >> of what I could capture on one case via serial console:
> >
> > Can you please disable CONFIG_HPET_TIMER ?
>
> Yes, sorry :) now it boots and runs apparently fine.
>
> I always had HPET_TIMER enabled until now. Ok, last time I tried was
> on 2.6.19-rt6. Somehow I've failed to know or simply missed whether
> HPET it's supposed to be off on PREEMPT_RT kernels. Maybe some simple
> heads-up would be welcome :)

by -rt12 time we'll hopefully be able to get HPET back into working
order again.

> Notice that lately I have both HIGH_RES_TIMERS and NO_HZ enabled. Is
> there any sense on having those options mutually exclusive with
> HPET_TIMER ?

nope, it's a regression.

Ingo
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