Bug#649673: [powerpc] fails to boot - immediate oops

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

tags 649673 + moreinfo
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found 649673 linux-2.6/3.1.1-1
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Hi,

Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Clea F. Rees wrote:

>> |                TASK = e4c05130[5113] 'modprobe' THREAD: e4c38000
>
> So, this good news.  It means it might be possible to track down which
> module is responsible for the oops by entering a minimal environment
> and loading them with "modprobe" one at a time.  See the "break"
> parameter in the initramfs-tools(8) manual and [1] for hints.

Ping.  Did you get a chance to try this?

>> Yes, it says it is booted into a v3.0.y kernel.  Maybe your bootloader
>> didn't notice the updated installed image.
>
> This part would still be good to figure out.  The "printk_delay"
> kernel commandline parameter might be helpful if the early messages
> scroll past too quickly.

Finding out which kernel is booting would be interesting, too.

Happy new year,
Jonathan