Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)

[Lionel Debroux]

--- En date deÂ: Lun 24.1.11, Ozan ÃaÄlayan <ozan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a ÃcritÂ:

> De: Ozan ÃaÄlayan <ozan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Objet: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)
> Ã: "Lionel Debroux" <lionel_debroux@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, rjw@xxxxxxx, colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Lundi 24 janvier 2011, 10h21
> Pazartesi 24 Ocak 2011 gÃnà (saat
> 11:04:35) Lionel Debroux ÅunlarÄ yazmÄÅtÄ:
> > 
> > --- En date de : Dim 23.1.11, Ozan ÃaÄlayan <ozan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > a Ãcrit :
> > 
> > > De: Ozan ÃaÄlayan <ozan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Objet: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the
> latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops)
> > > Ã: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> rjw@xxxxxxx, colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Dimanche 23 janvier 2011, 21h24
> > > On 23.01.2011 16:28, Ozan ÃaÄlayan
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting a lot of bug reports about
> hanging
> > > boot/shutdowns on these
> > > > days.
> > > >
> > > > Most of the affected hardware are ASUS
> laptops. The
> > > problem is that I
> > > > don't have access to any of those
> problematic laptops
> > > and the users are
> > > > not able at all to debug/bisect what is
> going on.
> > > However, I have
> > > > collected dmesgs of good/bad boots,
> acpidump, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Here are the current status:
> > > >
> > > > "Asus F50SV does not boot unless lapic is
> passed"
> > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26502
> > > >
> > > > "Regression between 2.6.35-020635-rc1 and
> > > 2.6.35-020635 breaks acpi
> > > > support on Asus X71 laptop"
> > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/689796
> > > >
> > > > "Asus N61JQ hangs at shutdown unless lapic
> is passed"
> > > > (Not reported upstream yet, I've only
> downstream bug
> > > report which is
> > > > Turkish)
> > > > http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=15969
> > > >
> > > > "Asus X61S does not boot unless acpi=off is
> given"
> > > > (Not reported upstream yet, I've only
> downstream bug
> > > report which is
> > > > Turkish)
> > > > http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=16322
> > > > (I've told the reporter to try with nolapic,
> it will
> > > probably fix the
> > > > issue but until confirmed acpi=off is the
> only
> > > solution. 2.6.36 was fine)
> > > >
> > > > I'll post more bugs in here as I've found
> them.
> > > 
> > > (CC'ing: Colin King from Canonical)
> > > 
> > > Another one for Asus N90Sc which was booting fine
> with
> > > 10.04
> > > but fails to boot with 10.10:
> > >ÂÂÂhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/653626
> > > 
> > > Seen that the issue mostly happens on Asus boxes,
> it's
> > > possible
> > > that their firmwares are buggy but they were
> > > booting/shutting down
> > > correctly until a recent change in kernel.
> > My ASUS F3Jv-AS022P (Core 2 Duo T7200, 2 GB RAM, BIOS
> version
> > 207) has trouble (read: it reboots within one second
> of the
> > vmlinuz being loaded) with recent kernels as well.
> > 
> > While I haven't performed a full bisection yet (which
> is why 
> > I didn't try reporting the problem until I saw this
> thread),
> > I have narrowed down the problem by compiling several
> tagged
> > versions:
> > * 2.6.35 series: .4 and .6 boot successfully, .8 and
> .10 fail;
> > * 2.6.36 series: -rc2 boots successfully, .1 fails;
> > * 2.6.37 series: -rc4 fails.
> 
> So it's probably a commit to the mainline tree which was
> picked by 2.6.35
> maintainer to the stable tree (probably it was CC'ed) cause
> this.
> 
> Does passing nolapic or acpi=off cures the issue?
IIRC, I tested at least one of these, without improvement.
I'll test again tonight, when I can physically access the
computer.

> Maybe rebooting immediately while booting
> is a sign of another problem, I don't know.
>
> ---
> Ozan ÃaÄlayan
> TUBITAK/UEKAE - Pardus Linux
> http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng


Lionel.


      
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