From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932117AbWGDIdw (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jul 2006 04:33:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932119AbWGDIdw (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jul 2006 04:33:52 -0400 Received: from smtp.nildram.co.uk ([195.112.4.54]:21006 "EHLO smtp.nildram.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932117AbWGDIdv (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jul 2006 04:33:51 -0400 From: Alistair John Strachan To: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: 2.6.17-mm6 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 09:34:14 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060703030355.420c7155.akpm@osdl.org> <200607032250.02054.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <20060703163121.4ea22076.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060703163121.4ea22076.akpm@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607040934.14592.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 04 July 2006 00:31, Andrew Morton wrote: [snip] > > > > > > Helped somewhat, but I'm still missing a bit at the top. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://devzero.co.uk/~alistair/oops-20060703/ > > > > > > > > > > That is irritating. This should get us more info: > > > > > > > > Indeed, thanks. > > > > > > > > Try the same URL again, I've uploaded 3,4,5 from a couple of reboots. > > > > I still think I'm missing something at the top, but 3 is the earliest > > > > I could snap. > > > > > > Getting better. > > > > > > It would kinda help if pause_on_oops() was actually implemented on > > > x86_64.. > > > > Doesn't help (work?). > > > > [alistair] 22:47 [~] strings /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-mm6 | grep 2.6.17-mm6 > > 2.6.17-mm6 (alistair@damocles) #3 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 3 22:39:54 BST 2006 > > > > [alistair] 22:48 [~] cat /boot/grub/menu.lst | grep -C1 mm6 > > # testing > > title Linux 2.6.17-mm6 > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-mm6 vga=extended root=/dev/sda1 > > pause_on_oops=100000 > > > > I'm fairly sure I booted a kernel with your patch and that should be the > > right cmdline flag. > > OK, x86_64 is significantly different from x86 in that area (better). Have > a tested version... This one worked, thanks. Try the same URL again, I've uploaded two better shots 6,7 that capture the first oops. Unfortunately, I have a pair of oopses that interchange every couple of boots, so I've included both ;-) I suggest Andi picks up that debugging patch, it worked for me. -- Cheers, Alistair. Final year Computer Science undergraduate. 1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.