Re: PROBLEM: JVC MP-XP7210 hangs on boot with 2.6.0-test4

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Mario Lang <mlang@delysid.org> wrote:
>
> I just tried 2.6.0-test4 on my Laptop (JVC MP-XP7210, 256MB RAM, IDE).
> However, it hangs on boot.  I tried booting with acpi=off and also
> with "acpi=off noapic".  Both options seem to help nothing,
> and the same output appears on all attempts to boot.
> 
> I compiled the kernel with gcc 3.3.2.
> 
> Here is the output I get:
> 
> [<c0 10 92 69>] Kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xc
> Code: 0f ba 6e 24 00 c7 44 24 04 00 00 00 00 89 34 24 e8 25 fa ff
> <0> Kernel Panic: Fatal Exception in Interrupt
> in interrupt handler - not syncing

There must have been more output than that?  Please transcribe some more of
the backtrace and send it.  Don't worry about all the hex numbers: the
important parts are these:

 EIP is at i810fb_cursor+0x1da/0x240 [i810fb]

 Call Trace:
 [<...>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
 [<...>] bh_lru_install+0xb5/0x100
 [<...>] __find_get_block+0x73/0xf0
 [<...>] __getblk+0x2b/0x60
 [<...>] is_tree_node+0x6b/0x70
 [<...>] search_by_key+0x6f9/0xf30
 [<...>] search_for_position_by_key+0x1be/0x3d0
 [<...>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20

Also, try stripping your kernel down by unconfiguring drivers and features
which are not needed for a successful boot.  This will help identify the
buggy component.

Also, try adding the string `initcall_debug' to the kernel boot command
line.  Watch out for the messages "calling initcall 0xNNNNNNNN".  Take a
note of the final address which is printed before the crash and look it up
in the 2.6 kernel's System.map file.

Thanks.