PROBLEM: 2.6.39 doesn’t boot on POWER MAC

[Andrey Gusev]

04.06.2011 02:36, Giuliano Pochini пишет:
> On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:10:45 +1000
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt<benh at kernel.crashing.org>  wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 12:41 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 00:00 +0200, Giuliano Pochini wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 28 May 2011 11:55:14 +0400
>>>> Andrey Gusev<ronne at list.ru>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>> A kernel 2.6.39 doesn't boot on my POWER MAC G4.
>>>> Same problem with my dual-G4 MDD. A few more infos:
>>>> The machine hangs just after the message "Returning from prom_init" (still
>>>> in the OF screen).
>>>> The kernel works fine with the option maxcpus=1, but it locks up as soon as
>>>> I try to enable the second CPU with echo 1>  /sys.../online.
>>> I just verified that current upstream 3.0-rc1+ does boot fine.
>> The fix is:
>>
>>    c560bbceaf6b06e52f1ef20131b76a3fdc0a2c19
>>    powerpc/4xx: Fix regression in SMP on 476
>> [...]
> Yes, that patch fixed the problem. Thanks.
>
>
The upstream 3.0-rc1 boots on my machine fine too.