Re: 2.6.34-rc6 pci bridge problems

From: Christian Lamparter
Date: Fri May 07 2010 - 14:44:24 EST


On Friday 07 May 2010 17:46:41 Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Thursday, May 06, 2010 09:09:58 am Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > On Wednesday, May 05, 2010 01:59:55 pm Christian Lamparter wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 05 May 2010 20:41:26 David H. Lynch Jr. wrote:
> > > > When I build out of the wireless-testing git tree (puled today)
> > > > 2.6.34-rc6 using my current systems .config I get a very quick error
> > > > on boot about PCI bridge windows.
> > > > googling the error indicates this is a know 2.6.34 problem and that
> > > > there are fixes in other 2.6.34 trees.
> > > > I have been unable to find the actual patches or I would just apply
> > > > them to wireless-testing.
> >
> > I made significant changes in the way we handle PCI bridge windows,
> > and I'm eager to fix any issues in that area. But "very quick error
> > on boot" doesn't give me any information to work with.
> >
> > Please attach your complete dmesg output, serial console log (with
> > "ignore_loglevel"), digital photo of the error, or other specific
> > details.
>
> Ping! If there's a problem here, I want to fix it as soon as possible.
> Do you have any more details? What error message did you google?

Pong! Unfortunately, I haven't heard any news about this pci bridge issue
from "David H. Lynch Jr.". But as you say: "Time for patching 2.6.34-rcX
regressions is running out". Therefore, David: please hurry up and post
what you are seeing. Most of oopses, can be easily captured with a serial
console (a setup is described in Documentation/serial-console.txt )

Regards,
Chr
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