[syslinux] Looking for debugging ideas and help with testing

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 12/25/2010 09:49 AM, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:
> 
>> I also published a debug ISO in the hope of finding out more about the
>> CD-related bug (#603960).  Vga=current will also be possible to test
>> with that, if the simpler options turn out to work OK.
> 
> Turns out the issue was the EDD probe at the very start of the Linux
> init process.  It took half a minute on the submitter's system (only
> when booting from CD), so he thought that the system froze.  Looks like
> something changed in this area between 2.6.26 and 2.6.32.  Peter, this
> also happens to be your domain, have you got an idea perhaps?  Out of
> curiosity, mostly, this isn't particularly serious.

Without information it's impossible to "have an idea", but obviously
there is a problem here.

HDT might be able to gather some data which we can then use to develop a
workaaround.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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