From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753198AbXD0Dhq (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:37:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755225AbXD0Dhq (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:37:46 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([65.172.181.25]:58732 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753198AbXD0Dhp (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:37:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:36:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Peter Williams cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux-2.6.21 hangs during post boot initialization phase In-Reply-To: <463166C2.6060106@bigpond.net.au> Message-ID: References: <463166C2.6060106@bigpond.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Peter Williams wrote: > > The 2.6.21 kernel is hanging during the post boot phase where various daemons > are being started (not always the same daemon unfortunately). > > This problem was not present in 2.6.21-rc7 and there is no oops or other > unusual output in the system log at the time the hang occurs. Can you use "git bisect" to narrow it down a bit more? It's only 125 commits, so bisecting even just three or four kernels will narrow it down to a handful. Linus