Description of problem: from -43 on it fails hangs after the TSC: clocksource installed message This is a HP Compaq nc6400 laptop The TSC related messages from a normal boot with the -42 kernel are: checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]: passed. ... Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle. And I'm booting with the following extra boot parameter: pci=assign-busses after seeing a suggestion to use this in dmesg earlier. [root@localhost kmaraas]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 3662.16 clflush size : 64 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 3657.51 clflush size : 64 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
not exactly the same but my macmini freezes at different points since 0.43.rc3 core duo: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz no freeze <= kernel-2.6.24-0.42.rc3.git1.fc9.i686.rpm the freezes are with these kernels: kernel-2.6.24-0.43.rc3.git1.fc9.i686.rpm kernel-2.6.24-0.45.rc3.git1.fc9.i686.rpm kernel-2.6.24-0.55.rc3.git3.fc9.i686.rpm kernel-2.6.24-0.56.rc3.git3.fc9.i686.rpm kernel-2.6.24-0.57.rc3.git4.fc9.i686.rpm my macmini freezes here: the first freeze without "acpi=off" "noisapnp" ---- TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536) TCP reno registered checking if image is initramfs... it is ----/---- the second freeze with "acpi=off" without "noisapnp" ---- after isapnp cards scanning ----/---- the third freeze with "acpi=off noisapnp" ---- Red Hat nash version 6.0.19 starting ----/---- kernel boot command line: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/lkn/lkn_pdf/ch09.pdf
you can add kernel-2.6.24-0.59.rc3.git5.fc9.i686.rpm to the freeze-list.
Dell Optiplex 745, 100% reproducible hang after "TSC: clocksource installed" on versions: kernel-2.6.24-0.43.rc3.git1.fc9 kernel-2.6.24-0.55.rc3.git3.fc9 processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2392.323 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 4788.64 clflush size : 64 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2392.323 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 4784.50 clflush size : 64
I see the same hang on a plain 2.6.24-rc3 kernel so it's not fedora specific at least.
Looks the same as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=407281 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=403671
This kernel boots for me: kernel-2.6.24-0.66.rc3.git7.fc9
You might have hit bug 407281 here. See if the above kernel boots for you
sounds like the gcc bug.