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>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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Maurice Volaski, mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu
Computing Support, Rose F. Kennedy Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
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Maurice Volaski, mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu
Computing Support, Rose F. Kennedy Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

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