Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 | Date | Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:01:06 -0400 |
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On Tuesday 28 September 2004 06:33, Ingo Molnar wrote: >* Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net> wrote: >> >what i use is serial logging to another machine. A digital camera >> > is fine too, if the problem area is still visible on the screen. >> > (Netconsole is useful too for other type of hangs but it's not >> > active at such an early stage yet.) >> > >> > Ingo >> >> Unforch, I don't have a spare seriel port Ingo. One is running my >> x10 > >fortunately with the patch applied your box works now (so does mine) > so the bug appears to be fixed.
I just built a kernel with that latest stack-fix patch in it too, but haven't rebooted to it yet. I read that as being moderately important in some cases although I don't think I've encountered that particular case yet. Was this in fact a good idea for me?
>early-bootup debugging was never easy, and breakage there doesnt > happen all that often. Hopefully this was the last one related to > remove-BKL. > >(If such a early-bootup lockup happens in the future then you sure > could temporarily unplug the ups serial connection and use that as > the serial console - for the narrow and temporary purpose of > debugging that boot-time hang.)
That would I assume need a null modem cable, and what do I run on the firewall? Minicom? Or is there something better that can just grab and log without being interactive? Its a rh7.3 box with a 2.4.18 era kernel. I'd update that, but its not broken. :) > > Ingo
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