Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/03/2010 10:03 PM, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:57:35 -0500 > schrieb "David C. Rankin" : > >> I think that is exactly the understanding I got from Thomas, and it >> makes an uncanny amount of sense. Though it doesn't have a 100% >> correlation, it does explain why just about e

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:57:35 -0500 schrieb "David C. Rankin" : > I think that is exactly the understanding I got from Thomas, and it > makes an uncanny amount of sense. Though it doesn't have a 100% > correlation, it does explain why just about ever-other kernel has > exhibited this problem. > >

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/03/2010 06:50 PM, Norbert Zeh wrote: > Aah, it just hit me: the problem may in fact be fairly random in that it > may depend on where the initramfs is stored. So, if the BIOS is broken, > you may be lucky to be able to boot under one kernel, and the next > upgrade places things in a place on

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread Norbert Zeh
Norbert Zeh [2010.11.03 2043 -0300]: > Thomas Bächler [2010.11.04 0028 +0100]: > > Am 03.11.2010 23:23, schrieb David C. Rankin: > > > As mentioned, I have the same boot failure with 2.6.36-3 (grub Error > > > 24:) > > > However, I have received the first bit of feedback from the dm-devel list.

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 04.11.2010 00:42, schrieb David C. Rankin: > Now that is what I didn't understand... If this is a BIOS issue, then we may > just be hosed. What always makes me wonder is why it works fine with some > kernels and not others. It isn't inconsistent with any 1 kernel. If a kernel-A > boots - then it

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread Norbert Zeh
Thomas Bächler [2010.11.04 0028 +0100]: > Am 03.11.2010 23:23, schrieb David C. Rankin: > > As mentioned, I have the same boot failure with 2.6.36-3 (grub Error > > 24:) > > However, I have received the first bit of feedback from the dm-devel list. > > You don't seem to understand at all. The

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/03/2010 06:28 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > You don't seem to understand at all. There is NOTHING the dm-devel guys, > we, or you for that matter can do about this. There is no problem with > Linux accessing or activating your dmraid. > > If grub fails to access the partition properly, then yo

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 03.11.2010 23:23, schrieb David C. Rankin: > As mentioned, I have the same boot failure with 2.6.36-3 (grub Error > 24:) > However, I have received the first bit of feedback from the dm-devel list. You don't seem to understand at all. There is NOTHING the dm-devel guys, we, or you for th

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/01/2010 01:47 PM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Hi guys, > please signoff 2.6.36 series for both arches > and give feedback if > real issues arise. > > greetings > tpowa Tobias, Per the suggestions of the dm-devel guys, I have tested with both libata.ignore_hpa=0 (default) and libata

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.36-3

2010-11-03 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/01/2010 01:47 PM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Hi guys, > please signoff 2.6.36 series for both arches > and give feedback if > real issues arise. > > > greetings > tpowa Tobias, As mentioned, I have the same boot failure with 2.6.36-3 (grub Error 24:) However, I have received the

[arch-general] FYI - kernel26-2.6.36-3 dmraid fail to boot - same Error 24:

2010-11-03 Thread David C. Rankin
Tobias, all Checking the testing kernel on the box that won't boot with 2.6.35.8-1, I installed the following: kernel26-2.6.36-3 kernel26-docs-2.6.36-3 kernel26-headers-2.6.36-3 nvidia-260.19.12-2 booting gives the same: Booting 'Arch Linux on Archangel' root (hd1,5) Files