On Friday 30 October 2009 15:26:44 Martin Hicks wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 04:12:06PM +0200, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> >
> > > > IMO something like the attached patch makes sense?
> > > > This fixes the problem with kdb=off (our default).
> > > > But I am anxious that kdb code could still get activitated somehow
> > > > and the machine might oops when trying to access not initialized
> > > > kdb structures? Could someone give an estimation how risky that
> > > > patch really is?
> > >
> > > I'd really rather fix the underlying problem. I have no idea what that
> > > might be though...
> > Me too...
>
> Can you send me the .config you're using, as well as the kernel
> revision? I'll try to duplicate it.
config attached.
This is a SLES11 kernel, you can get the sources here:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/SLE11_BRANCH/x86_64/kernel-source.rpm
> Can you try turning of CONFIG_KDB_USB if you have it enabled?
Tried that, it does not help.
Thanks a lot!
Thomas
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