Bug#539369: linux-2.6: parisc64-smp fails to boot on J5600: Badness at smp.c:369

["Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@systemhalted.org>]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Frans Pop<elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
> On Friday 31 July 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
>> Hmm. The "Badness at smp.c" warning isn't new of course. That was also
>> there with .24 and .26 (the last working kernel I have).
>>
>> What is new is that the boot now hangs immediately after that point.
>
> Whatever the problem is, it looks to be solved in upstream 2.6.31-rc4.
> That boots correctly (with config based on config-2.6.30-1-parisc64-smp).
>
> Attached the dmesg from the successful boot. Important differences:
> - the "Badness at smp.c" warning is gone!
> - the memory zone info is back
> - init for PCI devices shows up
>  (was absent in .2[46]-smp and .30-smp, but present in 2.6.30-up)

I'm glad this is fixed in 2.6.31-rc4, do you need any more help from
the porters?

Cheers,
Carlos.