Re: early boot lockup with 2.6.23-rc1

From: Mikko Rapeli
Date: Thu Aug 09 2007 - 01:25:18 EST


On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 10:09:18PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Often such an early crash is due to a config problem. eg: chose the
> wrong CPU type. So I'd recommend that you triple-check that config,
> especially under "Processor type and features" before diving into into the
> bisection hunt.

Done that many times, but can't see a problem.

diff -up /boot/config-2.6.22.1 /boot/config-2.6.23-rc1
--- /boot/config-2.6.22.1 2007-08-05 11:21:34.000000000 +0300
+++ /boot/config-2.6.23-rc1 2007-08-08 10:21:07.000000000 +0300
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
-# Linux kernel version: 2.6.22.1
-# Sun Aug 5 11:21:34 2007
+# Linux kernel version: 2.6.23-rc1
+# Wed Aug 8 10:21:07 2007
#
CONFIG_X86_32=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y
+CONFIG_GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE=y
CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST=y
@@ -37,13 +38,12 @@ CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=""
# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
-# CONFIG_IPC_NS is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3=y
# CONFIG_TASKSTATS is not set
-# CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
+# CONFIG_USER_NS is not set
CONFIG_AUDIT=y
# CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_IKCONFIG is not set
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES=y
# CONFIG_TINY_SHMEM is not set
CONFIG_BASE_SMALL=0
-
-#
-# Loadable module support
-#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
@@ -91,14 +87,11 @@ CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
# CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=y
-
-#
-# Block layer
-#
CONFIG_BLOCK=y
CONFIG_LBD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE is not set
CONFIG_LSF=y
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set

#
# IO Schedulers
@@ -116,9 +109,9 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED="cfq"
#
# Processor type and features
#
-CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT=y
-CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
-CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
+# CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT is not set
+# CONFIG_NO_HZ is not set
+# CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is not set
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_X86_PC=y
# CONFIG_X86_ELAN is not set
@@ -129,8 +122,7 @@ CONFIG_X86_PC=y
# CONFIG_X86_VISWS is not set
# CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH is not set
# CONFIG_X86_ES7000 is not set
-CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y
-CONFIG_VMI=y
+# CONFIG_PARAVIRT is not set
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
CONFIG_M486=y
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
@@ -155,9 +147,9 @@ CONFIG_M486=y
# CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
# CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set
# CONFIG_MVIAC7 is not set
-# CONFIG_X86_GENERIC is not set
+CONFIG_X86_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
-CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=4
+CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=7
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
# CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U32 is not set
@@ -170,7 +162,8 @@ CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y
-CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_MODEL=4
+CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
+CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY=4
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
@@ -199,6 +192,7 @@ CONFIG_X86_CPUID=m
CONFIG_EDD=m
CONFIG_DELL_RBU=m
CONFIG_DCDBAS=m
+CONFIG_DMIID=y
# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
@@ -218,7 +212,9 @@ CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC=y
CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4
# CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT is not set
CONFIG_ZONE_DMA_FLAG=1
+CONFIG_BOUNCE=y
CONFIG_NR_QUICK=1
+CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS=y
# CONFIG_HIGHPTE is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
@@ -234,7 +230,7 @@ CONFIG_KEXEC=y
CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000
# CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set
CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x100000
-CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
+# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is not set
CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=y
CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y

@@ -308,7 +304,6 @@ CONFIG_ASK_IP_FIB_HASH=y
CONFIG_IP_FIB_HASH=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y
-# CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_CACHED is not set
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE=y
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
@@ -406,6 +401,7 @@ CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP=m
# CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP is not set
# CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC is not set
# CONFIG_RFKILL is not set
+# CONFIG_NET_9P is not set

#
# Device Drivers
@@ -420,27 +416,11 @@ CONFIG_FW_LOADER=m
# CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_DEVRES is not set
# CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR is not set
-
-#
-# Connector - unified userspace <-> kernelspace linker
-#
CONFIG_CONNECTOR=m
# CONFIG_MTD is not set
-
-#
-# Parallel port support
-#
# CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
-
-#
-# Plug and Play support
-#
# CONFIG_PNP is not set
-# CONFIG_PNPACPI is not set
-
-#
-# Block devices
-#
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD=m
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA=m
@@ -462,12 +442,10 @@ CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD=m
CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD_BUFFERS=8
# CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD_WCACHE is not set
CONFIG_ATA_OVER_ETH=m
-
-#
-# Misc devices
-#
+CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES=y
# CONFIG_IBM_ASM is not set
# CONFIG_PHANTOM is not set
+# CONFIG_EEPROM_93CX6 is not set
# CONFIG_SGI_IOC4 is not set
CONFIG_TIFM_CORE=m
# CONFIG_TIFM_7XX1 is not set
@@ -478,6 +456,7 @@ CONFIG_TIFM_CORE=m
#
CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI=m
+CONFIG_SCSI_DMA=y
CONFIG_SCSI_TGT=m
CONFIG_SCSI_NETLINK=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
@@ -508,12 +487,8 @@ CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m
CONFIG_SCSI_SPI_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_FC_ATTRS=m
CONFIG_SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS=m
-CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATTRS=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_LIBSAS is not set
-
-#
-# SCSI low-level drivers
-#
+CONFIG_SCSI_LOWLEVEL=y
# CONFIG_ISCSI_TCP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_3W_9XXX is not set
@@ -624,15 +599,6 @@ CONFIG_PATA_SIS=m
# CONFIG_PATA_VIA is not set
CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND=m
CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB=m
-
-#
-# Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
-#
-# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
-
-#
-# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
-#
CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=m
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m
@@ -651,6 +617,7 @@ CONFIG_DM_MIRROR=m
CONFIG_DM_ZERO=m
CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH=m
CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_EMC=m
+# CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_RDAC is not set
CONFIG_DM_DELAY=m

#
@@ -666,19 +633,13 @@ CONFIG_DM_DELAY=m
#
# CONFIG_FIREWIRE is not set
# CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set
-
-#
-# I2O device support
-#
# CONFIG_I2O is not set
# CONFIG_MACINTOSH_DRIVERS is not set
-
-#
-# Network device support
-#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+# CONFIG_NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
+# CONFIG_MACVLAN is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
CONFIG_TUN=m
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
@@ -695,13 +656,10 @@ CONFIG_CICADA_PHY=m
CONFIG_VITESSE_PHY=m
CONFIG_SMSC_PHY=m
CONFIG_BROADCOM_PHY=m
+# CONFIG_ICPLUS_PHY is not set
CONFIG_FIXED_PHY=m
# CONFIG_FIXED_MII_10_FDX is not set
# CONFIG_FIXED_MII_100_FDX is not set
-
-#
-# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
-#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_MII=m
# CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set
@@ -711,10 +669,6 @@ CONFIG_MII=m
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
-
-#
-# Tulip family network device support
-#
# CONFIG_NET_TULIP is not set
# CONFIG_AT1700 is not set
# CONFIG_DEPCA is not set
@@ -778,6 +732,7 @@ CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
CONFIG_PPP_MPPE=m
CONFIG_PPPOE=m
+# CONFIG_PPPOL2TP is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
CONFIG_SLHC=m
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
@@ -785,15 +740,7 @@ CONFIG_SLHC=m
# CONFIG_NETCONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_NETPOLL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER is not set
-
-#
-# ISDN subsystem
-#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
-
-#
-# Telephony Support
-#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set

#
@@ -801,7 +748,7 @@ CONFIG_SLHC=m
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_FF_MEMLESS=m
-# CONFIG_INPUT_POLLDEV is not set
+CONFIG_INPUT_POLLDEV=m

#
# Userland interfaces
@@ -865,6 +812,8 @@ CONFIG_JOYSTICK_STINGER=m
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_TWIDJOY=m
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_JOYDUMP=m
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_XPAD=m
+# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_XPAD_FF is not set
+# CONFIG_JOYSTICK_XPAD_LEDS is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_TABLET=y
CONFIG_TABLET_USB_ACECAD=m
CONFIG_TABLET_USB_AIPTEK=m
@@ -872,6 +821,7 @@ CONFIG_TABLET_USB_GTCO=m
CONFIG_TABLET_USB_KBTAB=m
CONFIG_TABLET_USB_WACOM=m
CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN=y
+# CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_FUJITSU is not set
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_GUNZE=m
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_ELO=m
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_MTOUCH=m
@@ -888,6 +838,7 @@ CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_USB_ITM=y
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_USB_ETURBO=y
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_USB_GUNZE=y
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_USB_DMC_TSC10=y
+CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_USB_IRTOUCH=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=m
CONFIG_INPUT_WISTRON_BTNS=m
@@ -946,6 +897,7 @@ CONFIG_STALDRV=y
#
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_FIX_EARLYCON_MEM=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_PCI=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=16
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=4
@@ -968,10 +920,6 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_JSM=m
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
# CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set
-
-#
-# IPMI
-#
CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER=m
# CONFIG_IPMI_PANIC_EVENT is not set
CONFIG_IPMI_DEVICE_INTERFACE=m
@@ -1071,10 +1019,6 @@ CONFIG_CS5535_GPIO=m
CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=m
CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=256
CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER=m
-
-#
-# TPM devices
-#
# CONFIG_TCG_TPM is not set
CONFIG_TELCLOCK=m
CONFIG_DEVPORT=y
@@ -1111,6 +1055,7 @@ CONFIG_SCx200_ACB=m
CONFIG_I2C_SIS5595=m
CONFIG_I2C_SIS630=m
CONFIG_I2C_SIS96X=m
+# CONFIG_I2C_TAOS_EVM is not set
CONFIG_I2C_STUB=m
CONFIG_I2C_TINY_USB=m
CONFIG_I2C_VIA=m
@@ -1123,11 +1068,13 @@ CONFIG_I2C_PCA_ISA=m
#
CONFIG_SENSORS_DS1337=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_DS1374=m
+# CONFIG_DS1682 is not set
CONFIG_SENSORS_EEPROM=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_PCF8574=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_PCA9539=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_PCF8591=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_MAX6875=m
+# CONFIG_SENSORS_TSL2550 is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_CORE is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_ALGO is not set
# CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_BUS is not set
@@ -1138,11 +1085,8 @@ CONFIG_SENSORS_MAX6875=m
#
# CONFIG_SPI is not set
# CONFIG_SPI_MASTER is not set
-
-#
-# Dallas's 1-wire bus
-#
# CONFIG_W1 is not set
+# CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY is not set
# CONFIG_HWMON is not set

#
@@ -1166,8 +1110,8 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2=y
# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT=y
-CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y
# CONFIG_LCD_CLASS_DEVICE is not set
+CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y
# CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_PROGEAR is not set

#
@@ -1179,6 +1123,7 @@ CONFIG_DISPLAY_SUPPORT=m
# Display hardware drivers
#
# CONFIG_VGASTATE is not set
+CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=m
# CONFIG_FB is not set

#
@@ -1195,10 +1140,7 @@ CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
#
# CONFIG_SOUND is not set
CONFIG_AC97_BUS=m
-
-#
-# HID Devices
-#
+CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_HID=m
# CONFIG_HID_DEBUG is not set

@@ -1212,10 +1154,7 @@ CONFIG_HID=m
#
CONFIG_USB_KBD=m
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
-
-#
-# USB support
-#
+CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_EHCI=y
@@ -1238,6 +1177,7 @@ CONFIG_USB=m
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SL811_HCD is not set
+# CONFIG_USB_R8A66597_HCD is not set

#
# USB Device Class drivers
@@ -1302,11 +1242,8 @@ CONFIG_USB=m
#
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET is not set
# CONFIG_MMC is not set
-
-#
-# LED devices
-#
-# CONFIG_NEW_LEDS is not set
+CONFIG_NEW_LEDS=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=m

#
# LED drivers
@@ -1315,15 +1252,8 @@ CONFIG_USB=m
#
# LED Triggers
#
-
-#
-# InfiniBand support
-#
+# CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGERS is not set
# CONFIG_INFINIBAND is not set
-
-#
-# EDAC - error detection and reporting (RAS) (EXPERIMENTAL)
-#
# CONFIG_EDAC is not set

#
@@ -1345,11 +1275,12 @@ CONFIG_NET_DMA=y
# DMA Devices
#
CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA=m
+# CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION is not set

#
-# Virtualization
+# Userspace I/O
#
-# CONFIG_KVM is not set
+# CONFIG_UIO is not set

#
# File systems
@@ -1456,7 +1387,6 @@ CONFIG_UFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFS_FS is not set
-# CONFIG_9P_FS is not set

#
# Partition Types
@@ -1535,10 +1465,7 @@ CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=m
# Distributed Lock Manager
#
# CONFIG_DLM is not set
-
-#
-# Instrumentation Support
-#
+CONFIG_INSTRUMENTATION=y
# CONFIG_PROFILING is not set
# CONFIG_KPROBES is not set

@@ -1555,6 +1482,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ is not set
CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG=y
# CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS is not set
CONFIG_TIMER_STATS=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB is not set
@@ -1564,6 +1492,7 @@ CONFIG_TIMER_STATS=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is not set
# CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is not set
+# CONFIG_LOCK_STAT is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT is not set
@@ -1597,10 +1526,10 @@ CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM=y
CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y
# CONFIG_SECURITY_ROOTPLUG is not set
# CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX is not set
-
-#
-# Cryptographic options
-#
+CONFIG_XOR_BLOCKS=m
+CONFIG_ASYNC_CORE=m
+CONFIG_ASYNC_MEMCPY=m
+CONFIG_ASYNC_XOR=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ALGAPI=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER=m
@@ -1642,14 +1571,7 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32C=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAMELLIA=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=m
-
-#
-# Hardware crypto devices
-#
-CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_PADLOCK=m
-CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_PADLOCK_AES=m
-CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_PADLOCK_SHA=m
-CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_GEODE=m
+# CONFIG_CRYPTO_HW is not set

#
# Library routines
@@ -1659,6 +1581,7 @@ CONFIG_CRC_CCITT=m
CONFIG_CRC16=m
CONFIG_CRC_ITU_T=m
CONFIG_CRC32=y
+# CONFIG_CRC7 is not set
CONFIG_LIBCRC32C=m
CONFIG_AUDIT_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
-
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