[Voyage-linux] Trouble booting RLX blade

[Punky Tse]

Hi Ben,

Comparing the log files you supplied, I see that Voyage kernel does not 
compile with ACPI feature, which may be used for interrupt assignments. 

The last thing you can test could be limiting the runtime uarts to 1 to 
see if it could make a difference. 
8250.nr_uarts=1

Regards,
Punky

Ben Kochie wrote:
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> This still doesn't explain the extremely slow booting after touching 
> the serial port.  Please re-enable CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME in the voyage 
> kernel config.  It's very very useful for debugging this kind of issue.
>
> - -ben
>
>  "UNIX is user-friendly, it's just picky about its friends."
>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
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>> Ben,
>>
>> Looking at the console log, it seems that voyage is unable to locate 
>> hda device.  Try appending all_generic_ide to kernel parameter at 
>> grub prompt.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Punky
>>
>>
>>
>> Ben Kochie wrote:
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>>> In my continued effort to debug this booting issue, I rebuilt a new 
>>> initrd based on the default lenny kernel (2.6.26-1-486).
>>>
>>> My procedure was this:
>>> * gunzip and extract the voyage inird cpio file
>>> * delete /lib/modules/2.6.26-486-voyage
>>> * copy over the /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-486 from lenny
>>> * repack the cpio with find * | cpio -ov -H newc | gzip -c - > 
>>> /mnt/cf/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-486
>>> * copy the vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-486 from lenny
>>> * add an entry to grub
>>> * copy the lib/moduels to the voyage real rootfs
>>>
>>> I then booted voyage Feb 18 nightly build, which failed to boot 
>>> properly.
>>>
>>> I then booted with my test kernel/initrd which booted properly.
>>>
>>> You can see the logs of my attempts at http://ben.nerp.net/voyage/
>>>
>>> PS. It seems Punky Tse mail server is rejecting mail due to over 
>>> quota. :(
>>>
>>> - -ben
>>>
>>>  "UNIX is user-friendly, it's just picky about its friends."
>>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Punky Tse wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ben,
>>>>
>>>> Since you are using serial console, I would suggest you put the 
>>>> console output for us to investigate.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Punky
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ben Kochie wrote:
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>>>>> Sorry, I forgot to mention in my earlier mail.  These blade 
>>>>> servers do not have a console at all, they only support serial 
>>>>> installs.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure exactly what the issue is yet, because after waiting 
>>>>> a long long time (10+min) it eventually gets past the serial 
>>>>> driver loading, but it never completes boot. It fails somewhere in 
>>>>> the initrd.  I will try and log a boot sequence.  Unfortunately, 
>>>>> the voyage kernel disables the kernel message timestamps so it 
>>>>> will be harder to debug the length of time it takes to boot.  Can 
>>>>> those timestamps be enabled via boot args?
>>>>>
>>>>> - -ben
>>>>>
>>>>>  "UNIX is user-friendly, it's just picky about its friends."
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Punky Tse wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Ben,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suggest you to use console terminal option when installing, or 
>>>>>> remove ttyS0 option at grub prompt.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Punky
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ben Kochie wrote:
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>>>>>>> I'm trying to get voyage-current (as of yesterday) booted on a 
>>>>>>> fairly old Trasmeta based blade server by RLX.  I am able to 
>>>>>>> boot Ubuntu hardy, but the 2.6.26-486-voyage kernel will not 
>>>>>>> boot.  It gets stuck after trying to load the serial drivers.  I 
>>>>>>> chose Generic PC for install, and serial console at 38400. 
>>>>>>> (deafult for this system)  I also had no problem booting lenny.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - -ben
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  "UNIX is user-friendly, it's just picky about its friends."
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>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> Punky
>>
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