Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.8 Distribution: Gentoo 2005.1 - Ubuntu 5.10 - Debian Etch Hardware Environment: PowerBook 12" (july 2005), italian Problem Description: With these distributions and with every kernel version newer than 2.6.8, kernel fails to boot. There are no error messages, the pc 'freeze' just before the page with the penguin logo, this is the freezed page: ====================== Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.6.14 linked at : 0xc0000000 frame buffer at : 0xa0008000 (phys), 0xd0008000 (log) klimit : 0xc042c018 MSR : 0x00003030 HID0 : 0x8410c0bc pmac_init(): exit id mach(): done MMU:enter MMU: hw init hash:enter hash:find piece hash:patch hash:done MMU:mapin MMU:setio MMU:exit <-(here it stops) ====================== Sometimes the final word 'exit' is not clear (some pixels are in strange positions) Steps to reproduce: boot with a cd of mentioned distributions or with any kernel version newer than 2.6.8
Same powerboo6,8 and almost same behavior. Except that my boot process hangs at different points. Some rare times the kernel boots, but if it hangs, it is mostly at this point: "setup_arch: enter" and never reaches exit... I compiled my kernel without the boot logo. The same kernel always works on another but same powerbook.
Is this problem still present with recent kernel? Thanks.
Please reopen this bug if it's still present with kernel 2.6.22.