[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release kernel-3.6.4-1.mga3

Tue Oct 30 03:38:54 CET 2012

30.10.2012 04:24, Charles A Edwards skrev:
+> On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:38:06 +0200
+> Thomas Backlund wrote:
+>
+>>> Booting this kernel all I get is a black screen.
+>>> Same occurs if I try to boot linus-3.6.4.
+>>>
+>>> Server-3.6.3 still boots normally.
+>>
+>> If you revert this one:
+>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=commit;h=54ce8ce298f382a06186cb4672ad6aa090b050b6
+>>
+>> Does it boot properly then ?
+>
+>
+> Are you sure that is the correct commit?
+>
+> It dealt with memory holes above 4GB
+> (arch/x86/kernel/setup.c) and the commit was not included
+> in the linux-3.6.tar.xz from the 3.6.4 src rpm.
+>
+
+
+Yep.
+
+Turns out it did more than the commit message states,
+it caused regressions with a misdetection of memory on some systems, 
+rendering them unbootable...
+
+There is atleast 3 fixes for the issues this patch created queued in the 
+upcoming 3.6.5...
+
+
+> Just to clarify my back screen error...
+> When attempting to boot any of the mga 3.6.4 kernels
+> I get
+> "Decompressing Linux ... Parsing ELF ... done"
+> "Booting the kernel"
+> "-"
+>
+> and it hangs there with the flashing prompt.
+>
+>
+
+Of course the bug could be another one too, but that one was the first
+that came to mind....
+
+--
+Thomas
+
+
+