From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756251Ab0AGAgo (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:36:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756192Ab0AGAgn (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:36:43 -0500 Received: from vms173013pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.13]:48213 "EHLO vms173013pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756173Ab0AGAgm (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:36:42 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Organization: Organization? Not detectable To: Jiri Kosina Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.33-rc3, rc2 regression at boot Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:36:10 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.3 (Linux/2.6.33-rc3; KDE/4.3.3; i686; ; ) References: <201001061602.44133.gene.heskett@verizon.net> In-reply-to: Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Message-id: <201001061936.10315.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 06 January 2010, Jiri Kosina wrote: >On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >[ 0.558368] Unpacking initramfs... >> >[ 0.648644] Freeing initrd memory: 3431k freed >> >[ 0.651635] platform microcode: firmware: requesting >> > amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin [ 60.646738] microcode: failed to load >> > file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin [ 60.646858] microcode: CPU0: >> > patch_level=0x1000065 >> >[ 60.646977] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x1000065 >> >[ 60.647099] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x1000065 >> >[ 60.647218] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x1000065 >> > >> >Note the time, it kills quite close to a whole minute there, which at >> > first would appear to be because there is not yet a mounted /lib >> > filesystem to suck it from. I didn't build an rc1, but rc2 also >> > suffers from this. 2.6.32.2 does not do this although its firmware >> > request takes place at the same point. So it doesn't look like it is >> > the lack of a mounted filesystem after all. >> > >> >FWIW, because it was a hot reboot, the patch_level reported is the >> > correct level. >> > >> >I am also seeing some complaints about my Audigy2 sound card, but what I >> > saw during the boot, never made it to the messages log. Something >> > about guessing at the proper config, but I did hear kde sign on when x >> > started. >> > >> >Thanks Linus. >> >> Update, I edited the .config by hand and added the full path in >> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/" >> which was just 'firmware', and rebuilt. No difference. I still get the >> 60 second hang. FWIW, this particular setting isn't visible in a make >> xconfig. > >As this is already at the stage when userspace exists and init has been >started, it might well be delay of some userspace stuff, not directly >kernel. > >Does alt-sysrq-t at the time it is stuck give any clue? > I will try that when I next reboot, thanks Jiri -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "Just the facts, Ma'am" -- Joe Friday