I don't know what might have caused this:

Both 2.6.9 and 2.6.10-rc1-mm5 boot fine on my computer.

2.6.10-rc2 doesn't boot.

It stops at the following place (from a 2.6.10-rc1-mm5 log):

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...
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ACPI: PS/2 Keyboard Controller [PS2K] at I/O 0x60, 0x64, irq 1
ACPI: PS/2 Mouse Controller [PS2M] at irq 12
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing 
disabled
ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered


---->  2.6.10-rc2 stops here


loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
sis900.c: v1.08.07 11/02/2003
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 6
PCI: setting IRQ 6 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 6 (level, low) -> IRQ 6
eth0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1.
eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default
eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ 6, 00:0b:6a:3b:93:a8.
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with 
idebus=xx
SIS5513: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:02.5
SIS5513: chipset revision 0
SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
SIS5513: SiS 962/963 MuTIOL IDE UDMA133 controller
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
...

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My .config is attached.


cu
Adrian

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