The patch below works. Thanks.
Maurice Volaski writes: > I am running Gentoo with a fresh 2.6.11-r1. I have all the kernel > debugging options turned on. Occasionally, I can get past the boot > process, but half the time it freezes somewhere along the way. If > not, I do get to boot, it doesn't take very long for it to freeze.
Did 2.6.10 work Ok? Try the patch below, it fixes 2.6.11-rc1 boot lockups on both my Beige G3 (locks up in ADB driver) and my G4 eMac (locks up in radeonfb).
--- linux-2.6.11-rc1/init/main.c.~1~ 2005-01-15 03:30:25.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.11-rc1/init/main.c 2005-01-15 03:31:44.000000000 +0100 @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static void noinline rest_init(void) * Re-enable preemption but disable interrupts to make sure * we dont get preempted until we schedule() in cpu_idle(). */ - local_irq_disable(); +// local_irq_disable(); preempt_enable_no_resched(); unlock_kernel(); cpu_idle();
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