Re: Linux 2.6.33-rc3, rc2 regression at boot

[Jiri Kosina]

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?

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

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