Description of problem: Each time I try to boot the kernel-2.6.13-1.1549_FC5 it fails, stopping at some point in the process. By editing grub as follows: root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.13-1.1549_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.6.13-1.1549_FC5.img I get the following output (I've had to write it down by hand and I haven't got all the stuff at the top, but hopefully I've got the relevant stuff) Loading sd_mod.ko module Loading libata.ko module Loading ata_piix.ko module ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 ata: 0x1f0 IDE port busy ata: 0x170 IDE port busy ata_piix: probe of 0000:00:1f.2 failed with error -16 Loading ahci.ko module ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 ACPI: PCI Interrupt for device 0000:00:1f.2 disabled ahci: probe of 0000:00:1f.2 failed with error -12 Loading jbd.ko module Loading ext3.ko module Going to resume from LABEL=SWAP-sda8 input: PS/2 Mouse on isa0060/serio1 input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint on isa0060/serio1 hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt hda: lost interrupt [repeats hda: lost interrupt] The hda: lost interrupt line appears about every five or ten seconds. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.13-1.1549_FC5 How reproducible: Everytime Additional Information: I can't help but wonder if this hasn't got something to do with bug #166053. All the right ingredients are there (libata.ko, ata_piix.ko, etc). Also, others are having no troubles booting this kernel on a range of platforms, so I can't help but feel it's related to something specific to do with my hardware.
Unable to boot kernel-2.6.13-1.1552_FC5 also. Same symptoms. :-[
What device is hda? Can you try booting with ide=nodma and also hda=off?
The hda device is a hard disk drive. Specifically a Fujitsu MHV2100AH. lshal tells me: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_NT23T5626300' storage.policy.should_mount = false (bool) block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_NT23T5626300' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_NT23T5626300' (string) storage.firmware_version = '00000096' (string) storage.serial = 'NT23T5626300' (string) storage.requires_eject = false (bool) storage.hotpluggable = false (bool) info.capabilities = {'storage', 'block'} (string list) info.category = 'storage' (string) info.product = 'FUJITSU MHV2100AH' (string) storage.removable = false (bool) storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_ide_0_0' (string) storage.drive_type = 'disk' (string) storage.vendor = '' (string) storage.model = 'FUJITSU MHV2100AH' (string) storage.automount_enabled_hint = true (bool) storage.media_check_enabled = false (bool) storage.no_partitions_hint = false (bool) storage.bus = 'ide' (string) block.is_volume = false (bool) block.minor = 0 (0x0) (int) block.major = 3 (0x3) (int) block.device = '/dev/hda' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_ide_0_0' (string) linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hda' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hda' (string)
Also, neither ide=nodma or hda=off had any effect on th problem. Should I try both together?
Unable to boot kernel-2.6.13-1.1553_FC5 also. Same symptoms. :-[ Unable to install kernel-2.6.13-1.1555_FC5, but I've asked on devel-list about this.
I've installed kernel-2.6.13-1.1555_FC5 and this has the same problem.
Okay, let me offer and apology, and then make some observations. A little surprised that this wasn't affecting others I decided I would take me FC4 install on the same laptop and upgrade it to rawhide. The FC4 install hadn't been used, with the exception of updating shortly after FC4 was released. After updating to rawhide I can now boot from the 1555 kernel (which came with the update, other kernels can't be accesses for testing, but I'd be confident they work too.) So sorry about reporting this bug in the first place. This said, I've been updating FC4 to rawhide on a regular (almost daily) basis since about three weeks after FC5 was released. Somewhere along the line something went wrong with booting kernels, but I'm (and obviously others here) confused as to why. Would you like to keep this bug open to try and figure out what the difference is, or whould we just close it. The lost interrupt problem happens pretty early in boot, so I'm surprised that it's an issue, (especially since I can now boot one of the kernels in question) and there can't be too much happening that could cause this since it happens so early. Thoughts?
*shrug*, if it reoccurs, please reopen. Until then, I don't have any suggestions.
I've been seeing this behavior for awhile now too (sorry I didn't file a report I only just got a bz account). I found that if I use the non-libata driver (just ide-disk) things work fine. So now my machine is running non-DMA on /dev/hda instead of libata goodness on /dev/sda, but at least it doesn't hang at boot. I don't remember when this problem started occurring, but given that Jeff says ATAPI+libsata isn't ready I guess we don't have much of a choice right now? Jesse