Re: 2.6.29-rc6: Reported regressions from 2.6.28

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Feb 24 2009 - 02:16:47 EST



(note, the standalone mail of this bug entry did not make it out
for some reason.)

* Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12760
> Subject : 2.6.29-rc5 hanging at boot when CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y
> Submitter : Adam J. Richter <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date : 2009-02-16 6:50 (8 days old)
> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123476768023893&w=4
> Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

Here we came to the conclusion that this is some LILO bug with a
too large BSS section - that's one thing that CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
causes. Under Grub the same kernel image boots fine. So unless
Adam has new data that contradicts this i think we can close
this bug.

Ingo
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