From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756829AbYHHLSX (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 07:18:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754506AbYHHLSO (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 07:18:14 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:52774 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754179AbYHHLSN (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 07:18:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:18:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080808.041814.41687650.davem@davemloft.net> To: a.beregalov@gmail.com Cc: mikpe@it.uu.se, kernel-testers@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.26-rc: SPARC: Sun Ultra 10 can not boot From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20080808.033811.129671951.davem@davemloft.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Alexander Beregalov" Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:56:35 +0400 > 2008/8/8 David Miller : > >> Yes, I applied it manually on top of 2.6.27-rc2-0166 > > > > And then the problem goes away right? > > > No, It hangs in the same way, right after > console handover: boot [earlyprom0] -> real [tty0] Please edit arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c, where it says: static struct console prom_early_console = { .name = "earlyprom", .write = prom_console_write, .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT | CON_ANYTIME, .index = -1, }; and remove "CON_BOOT |". This will allow you to see the crash message. Please also double check that you patched the kernel with my fix correctly. I used your exact config, on the exact same kind of system, reproducing the exact same hang, and it goes away with my fix.