[arch-general] kernel26-2.6.35.4-2 - Hey! No more hang on boot on module load -- cool.

[David C. Rankin]

On 09/18/2010 10:47 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> What problems where you experiencing? Im having similar issues.

Chris,

	I have had a number of lock-on-boot issues with the past few kernels on both my 
laptop and test server. The information is scatters over a several month period 
of time on the list and in closed bug FS#20200. But basically, after updating to 
the 2.6.34-x kernels through 2.6.35-2, my boxes would lock when the 'module 
load' would take place stopping the output at "Setting up UTF-8 Mode" on the 
screen. (I think module load is the next step)

	Further, it was incredibly frustrating because if I rebuilt mkinitcpio the box 
would boot the '1st' time after the initramfs build, but then hang on every boot 
thereafter (apparently some additional config takes place on 1st boot that would 
cause hangs on all subsequent boots).

	That got better with 2.6.35-(1 or 2) or so, but then the usbhid-ups driver 
would cause the boot to hang for 120 sec until the timeout occurred and then 
boot would continue but usb would be dead (no USB mouse, no usb ups interface). 
The frustrating thing here was it only happened ~ 50% of the time. No config 
changes and ... sometimes usb would be find ... other times it would hang, 
timeout and fail.

	So far with 2.6.35-4-2 all seems to be working. I don't know the technical 
reasons behind the failures, but you can look at the following threads for more 
info:

[arch-general] kernel26-2.6.34.1 - won't boot - stuck at "Setting up UTF-8 mode" 
[Downgrade to kernel26-2.6.34-2 OK]
July 11, 2010

[arch-general] kernel26 2.6.34.2-1 ALSO hardlocks my box on boot??
Aug. 3, 2010

(semi-related)
[arch-general] Update to 2.6.34.3-1 & LTS 2.6.32.18-1 killed dmraid box??
Aug. 16, 2010

[arch-general] 2.6.35.4-1 still hangs waiting on udev with usbhid errors
Sept. 1, 2010

	HTH


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