kernel-xen-2.6.17-1.2439.fc6.i686 fails to boot on a desktop VT system. kernel-xen-2.6.17-1.2431.fc6.i686 had an identical failure. end of the boot output on the console says: Brought up 2 CPUs Initializing CPU#1 migration_cost=6 checking if image is initramfs... box is hardlocked and completely non-responsive at this point. problem seems unavoidable on this system, 100% reproduced
vanilla kernel-2.4.17-2439.fc6.i686 doesn't show this bug
doesn't occur in kernel-xen 2.6.17-2445.fc6.i686 on the same system. Checking other systems for similar behavior.
Not seen through 2.6.17-1.2478.fc6xen i686 or x86-64, and also not seen in recent kernels.