Re: [BISECTED][REGRESSION] Kernel does not boot on EeePC

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Jun 09 2014 - 10:02:30 EST



* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 06/08/2014 02:45 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The latest kernel (c593e8978722f7f4a12932733cfeed6c0c74fbaa) refuses to
> >> boot on my EeePC - after grub is finished the screen just remains black
> >> and the only thing that does something is pressing the power button. The
> >> problem commit seems to be:
> >>
> >> commit 3e1a878b7ccdb31da6d9d2b855c72ad87afeba3f
> >> Author: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: Thu Jun 5 15:42:45 2014 +0200
> >>
> >> x86/smpboot: Initialize secondary CPU only if master CPU will wait for it
> >
> > Argh, and have read this just a minute after expressing my hope that
> > the hotplug fix is correct :-/
> >
> > Linus, please revert commit 3e1a878b7ccdb.
> >
> > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> I really want to say *THANK YOU* to Sitsofe for a very timely and
> complete report. You really saved us some highly valuable time.

Seconded!

Thanks,

Ingo
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