Bug#420817: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: The boot process hangs following the completion of /scripts/init-bottom
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 12:56:33PM -0700, Chris Adams wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
> Version: mptbase boot hang on Dell Precision 650
> Severity: important
>
>
> The problem is related to the Fusion-MPT SCSI card:
>
> LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI
>
> The last kernel which boots successfully is 2.6.18-2. 2.6.18-3,
> 2.6.18-4, and 2.6.20 hang immediately following the completion of
> init-bottom.
>
> In some cases the mpt driver will trigger a backtrace
> ("mptspi_dv_renegotiate_work+0xc/0x37"); I haven't been able to capture
> the actual backtrace however as it's usually lost in the flurry of
> usb-related messages.
>
> Based on #416210 and some googling I tried the following:
> - Using the -486 kernel
> - Using noapic, nosmp, acpi=off, acpi_serialize, pci=routeirq alone or
> in combination
Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?
If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug
with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4?
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html
Cheers,
Moritz
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