Re: [9fans] trouble with /dev/reboot and mp irqs (fix)

2009-12-10 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue Dec 8 13:01:13 EST 2009, n...@lsub.org wrote: > the shutdown code is new and might be wrong. worked here. > I'll double check. > what i have been seeing is that a random machno can execute the reboot. this can cause the setting up of the lapics to hang the machine. (the mp spec doesn't

Re: [9fans] trouble with /dev/reboot and mp irqs

2009-12-08 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
the shutdown code is new and might be wrong. worked here. I'll double check. On 08/12/2009, at 16:59, quans...@quanstro.net wrote: using "echo reboot $kernel>/dev/reboot" with mp irqs, i'm getting one of three conditions 1. a normal and very quick start of the new kernel. (one odd bit: lapicerr

[9fans] trouble with /dev/reboot and mp irqs

2009-12-08 Thread erik quanstrom
using "echo reboot $kernel>/dev/reboot" with mp irqs, i'm getting one of three conditions 1. a normal and very quick start of the new kernel. (one odd bit: lapicerror: 0x. i assume that's the unanswered ipi.) 2. a reset and not a reboot 3. a hang right after after the LAPIC: ... line.