Hi Andrew,
The 2.6.26-rc2-mm1 kernel gets stuck, while booting up on x86_64 machine,
with the CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST enabled. The following .config
options related to FTRACE are enabled.
CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST=y
CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST=y
CONFIG_FTRACE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE=y
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=y
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 1805035
Policy zone: Normal
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n1 noapci IDENT=1211176695
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 1466k freed
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1211176950.517:1): initialized
Testing tracer sched_switch: PASSED
Testing tracer sysprof: PASSED
Testing tracer ftrace: