Re: [2.6.x] reboot fails on AMD Athlon System

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Saturday 10 April 2004 01:38, Sascha Wilde wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 10:32:54PM +0200, Sascha Wilde wrote:
> > The conclusion so far: the code that hangs is not changed in
> > comparison with Linux 2.4.24 which works for me, so the reason for the
> > failure must be elsewhere in the setup of the hardware environment.
> > Maybe in the apic disabling code, though it looks very similar to the
> > 2.4.24 version, too.  Or in the setup of the AMD [Irongate/Viper]
> > chip-set?
>
> I just build a kernel with everything special disabeled:  no APIC
> support, no Athlon specific code (set i386), no AMD specific chipset
> code (neither IDE/DMA nor AGP/DRI), no PM, no nothing...
>
> ...and it still refuses to reboot -- so the code change which
> prevents my system from rebooting must be anywhere in some quite
> generic code.  But where could this be?

How exactly do you reboot your box?

I personally use a custom script. Attached.
Hardwired to be in /app/shutdown-0.0.6/script,
grep for this string if you move it.

Try it and track down what exactly does not work.
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