https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=329168
User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=329168#c12
roland kletzing
Likely the VESA BIOS call hangs for some reason. so,apparently hang can happen there, too ?
i have seen edd hang on several systems and kernel isn`t verbose at all when doing those bios calls - see arch/x86/boot/main.c (below). that`s why this will be more verbose, soon: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-x86setup.git;a=commi... http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-x86setup.git;a=commi... maybe those other bios calls could need some more verbosity, too ? i think that`s sort of a "blind flight" at that stage, making it difficult to debug.... set_bios_mode(); /* Detect memory layout */ detect_memory(); /* Set keyboard repeat rate (why?) */ keyboard_set_repeat(); /* Set the video mode */ set_video(); /* Query MCA information */ query_mca(); /* Voyager */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_VOYAGER query_voyager(); #endif /* Query Intel SpeedStep (IST) information */ query_ist(); /* Query APM information */ #if defined(CONFIG_APM) || defined(CONFIG_APM_MODULE) query_apm_bios(); #endif /* Query EDD information */ #if defined(CONFIG_EDD) || defined(CONFIG_EDD_MODULE) query_edd(); #endif /* Do the last things and invoke protected mode */ go_to_protected_mode(); -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.