Bug 8162

Summary:	anything after 2.6.20 hangs during boot
Product:	ACPI	Reporter:	Randy Dunlap (randy.dunlap)
Component:	Config-Other	Assignee:	Len Brown (lenb)
Status:	REJECTED INVALID
Severity:	high	CC:	acpi-bugzilla
Priority:	P2
Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	2.6.21-rc1	Subsystem:
Regression:	---	Bisected commit-id:
Attachments:	working 2.6.20 boot log 2.6.20 config file failing 2.6.21-rc3 config file

Description Randy Dunlap 2007-03-09 15:01:38 UTC

Most recent kernel where this bug did *NOT* occur: 2.6.20
Distribution: openSUSE 10.2
Hardware Environment: x86_64 (AMD64 Athlon) single-proc, 1 GB RAM
Software Environment:
Problem Description: Any kernel after 2.6.20 hangs during boot.

Steps to reproduce: Build a kernel and try to boot it.

I built a kernel with CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y and booted
with acpi_dbg_level=0x10 acpi_dbg_layer=01x1ff.
Boot log output is here:
http://www.xenotime.net/linux/logs/2620-g1-bootlog.txt

Comment 1 Len Brown 2007-03-09 16:58:45 UTC

does it work with "acpi=off"?

> Linux version 2.6.20-git1

Can you try anything newer, such as 2.6.21-rc3, or the latest -mm tree?

Comment 2 Randy Dunlap 2007-03-09 20:32:53 UTC

2.6.21-rc3: acpi=off:   still hangs
            pci=nomsi:  still hangs
            acpi=off pci=nomsi:   still hangs
build with CONFIG_PCI_MSI=n:   still hangs

2.6.21-rc3-mm2:  acpi=off pci=nomsi:   still hangs

build with CONFIG_PCIEPORTBUS=n (PCI Express support):   hangs
            add acpi=off:  BOOTS

Duplicated that success on 2.6.21-rc3.

Summary:  Combination of PCIEPORTBUS and ACPI causes a hang during boot,
but building a kernel without PCI Express support and booting with
"apci=off" allows me to boot successfully.

There are multiple boot logs for this (all concatenated in one file)
at:  http://www.xenotime.net/linux/logs/2621-rc3mm2.bootlog .

Comment 3 Randy Dunlap 2007-03-09 22:20:54 UTC

Created attachment 10670 [details]
working 2.6.20 boot log

Comment 4 Randy Dunlap 2007-03-09 22:21:26 UTC

Created attachment 10671 [details]
2.6.20 config file

Comment 5 Randy Dunlap 2007-03-09 22:23:23 UTC

Created attachment 10672 [details]
failing 2.6.21-rc3 config file

Has PCIEPORTBUS enabled.  If I disable this config option and use acpi=off,
that kernel will boot.

Comment 6 Randy Dunlap 2007-03-09 22:24:29 UTC

2.6.20 does boot with "acpi=off" but 2.6.21 does not.

Comment 7 Randy Dunlap 2007-03-19 09:01:41 UTC

Git bisect found nothing, so I went back to comparing config files and
kernel boot parameters, which led to User Error.  All of my later kernels
were using "netconsole=<parameters>".  When I remove this, they all boot fine,
so apparently there is some problem with netconsole and not ACPI. :)