On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 09:02:56PM +0200, Mariusz Kozłowski wrote: > > > > > This is verified and repeatable _every_ single time I tried. > > > > > Unfortunately the last thing seen on the screen before system is > > > > > frozen is 'eth0: link down'. So my guess is that when hunting for > > > > > hangs I found something else that can hang my laptop (netconsole > > > > > that is). > > > > > > > > fix-sysfs-reclaim-crash.patch is known-bad. Did you try reverting > > > > that? > > > > > > Yes, just tested it. Sorry. It doesn't change anything. > > > > could you try a !CONFIG_SMP kernel to make sure it's not some > > self-locking of netconsole that is interfering? (Is it perhaps the > > 'eth0: link down' message that is trigger from within netconsole?) > > This is from .config: > > # CONFIG_SMP is not set > > Can this be that 'link down' is emitted by netconsole when the link is > already down and kernel gets locked? Does it make any sense?
Yes, that's probably exactly the problem. But it probably involves locks. I think a preemptible kernel can also cause the problem? -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
