Re: kernel boot hangs after x86: insert_resorce for lapic addrafter e820_reserve_resources

From: Ciaran McCreesh
Date: Sun May 18 2008 - 11:41:53 EST


On Sat, 17 May 2008 20:55:20 -0700
"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Ciaran McCreesh
> <ciaran.mccreesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The commit 3def3d6ddf43dbe20c00c3cbc38dfacc8586998f (x86:
> > insert_resorce for lapic addr after e820_reserve_resources) causes
> > my x86_64 box to to lock up early on in the boot process. Reverting
> > only this commit with current git head gives a successful boot.
>
> can you try to boot with apic=verbose? please don't revert that
> patch...
>
> wonder if init_apic_mapping need some delay with that strange chipset.

I don't see any additional information with apic=verbose with the
broken kernel (although I only have a screen's worth of text that I can
see -- the kernel doesn't get far enough to let me grab it). I've
attached dmesg from a working kernel with apic=verbose in case that
helps.

Thanks,
--
Ciaran McCreesh

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