Re: [Bug report] System lockups on Tyan S2469 and lots of io [smp boot time problems too :(]

[Vincent Touquet]

On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 07:19:41PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>The next step would be to try some older versions.  There was a big 3ware
>update between 2.5.64 and 2.5.65.  Can you try both of those?

I'm struggling with the 2.4 series for now :)
Haven't tried 2.5.x yet, as it is a production machine.
I'm compiling 2.4.21 with magic sysreq. support now.

>hmm, I see a "fixme" and an interruptible_sleep_on_timeout() around that
>error message.  Do the hangs happen on uniprocessor, non-preemptible
>kernels?
Yes, the hangs happen on uniprocessor, non-preemptible kernels.
The smp kernels which don't boot bring up that message, which is solved
by adding acpi=off to the kernel command line, acpismp=force does not
seem vital here.

I will see if I can reproduce the hang and get a trace.

regards,

Vincent