Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-17 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 2011-04-17 05:16, Hugh Dickins wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt >> wrote: >>> On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 14:25 -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: Something worth trying: turn off CONFIG_IDE.  That's what I need

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-17 Thread Jens Axboe
On 2011-04-17 05:16, Hugh Dickins wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt > wrote: >> On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 14:25 -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: >>> >>> Something worth trying: turn off CONFIG_IDE. That's what I need to >>> boot 2.6.39-rc[1-3] on PowerPC G5. >>> >>> I know Je

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-16 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 14:25 -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: >> >> Something worth trying: turn off CONFIG_IDE.  That's what I need to >> boot 2.6.39-rc[1-3] on PowerPC G5. >> >> I know Jens has been fixing problems with IDE versus his plu

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-14 Thread Mikael Pettersson
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:25:31 -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: > Mikael, > > Something worth trying: turn off CONFIG_IDE. That's what I need to > boot 2.6.39-rc[1-3] on PowerPC G5. > > I know Jens has been fixing problems with IDE versus his plug/unplug > changes, but it's still not fixed for me in rc3

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-14 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 14:25 -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > Something worth trying: turn off CONFIG_IDE. That's what I need to > boot 2.6.39-rc[1-3] on PowerPC G5. > > I know Jens has been fixing problems with IDE versus his plug/unplug > changes, but it's still not fixed for me in rc3. > > In o

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-14 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:02 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mit, 2011-04-13 at 18:43 -0500, kevin diggs wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt >> wrote: >> > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:52 -0500, kevin diggs wrote: >> >> > Actually I do get a crash in X later on... somet

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2011-04-13 at 18:43 -0500, kevin diggs wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt > wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:52 -0500, kevin diggs wrote: > >> > Actually I do get a crash in X later on... something in the radeon > >> DRM > >> > interrupt code is getting

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-13 Thread kevin diggs
Hi, On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:52 -0500, kevin diggs wrote: >> > Actually I do get a crash in X later on... something in the radeon >> DRM >> > interrupt code is getting what looks like a NULL dereference. I'll >> try >> > to dig that

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 12:52 -0500, kevin diggs wrote: > > Actually I do get a crash in X later on... something in the radeon > DRM > > interrupt code is getting what looks like a NULL dereference. I'll > try > > to dig that one later on. I don't know if it's related to your > problem > > at all tho

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-13 Thread kevin diggs
HI, On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Actually I do get a crash in X later on... something in the radeon DRM > interrupt code is getting what looks like a NULL dereference. I'll try > to dig that one later on. I don't know if it's related to your problem > at all

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 10:16 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > > Ok so on a PowerMac7,3 here (dual 2.5Ghz and mostly same HW or at least > > very similar) I can't reproduce your problem with a g5_defconfig. > > > > Your config doesn't work well for me (I don't do modules, I netboot), > > but a

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-13 Thread Mikael Pettersson
Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes: > > > > Finally I tried using g5_defconfig with 2.6.39-rc3. First boot > > > it did get to /sbin/init, but udev init took much longer than > > > normal and threw errors. After a warm reboot the same kernel > > > hung as usual, this time before framebuffer init

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-12 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > Finally I tried using g5_defconfig with 2.6.39-rc3. First boot > > it did get to /sbin/init, but udev init took much longer than > > normal and threw errors. After a warm reboot the same kernel > > hung as usual, this time before framebuffer init. > > > > 2.6.38 works just fine. > > Hrm, t

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-12 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 19:30 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > I'm unable to boot any post-2.6.38 kernel on my G5 (PowerMac7,2 > with dual 1.8GHz processors). Basically the kernel hangs at varying > points before /sbin/init is started, sometimes before and sometimes > after the framebuffer has take

Re: [regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-12 Thread kevin diggs
Hi, Uh Oh. Are we gettin' booted (no pun intended)? kevin ___ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev

[regression] 2.6.39-rc[1-3] fail to boot on G5 PowerMac

2011-04-12 Thread Mikael Pettersson
I'm unable to boot any post-2.6.38 kernel on my G5 (PowerMac7,2 with dual 1.8GHz processors). Basically the kernel hangs at varying points before /sbin/init is started, sometimes before and sometimes after the framebuffer has taken over the console. There are no visible errors on the console, onl