Kernel locks up with no feedback on initrd passoff

Potentially related to bug #610126

Installed Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix, issue not present. Tagging regression.

Hint:

This issue is also present with Archlinux 2010.05.

This suggests an upstream issue and not Ubuntu diversions on the kernel.

Also telling is the same exact error line:

b43-pci-bridge 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16

from the initrd.

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Seeing as how I can't get the box running reliably with the effected kernel, I won't be able to apport-collect

Since the kernel error is in the initrd and does not pass it, dmesg won't be much use either, and I can't snag it from a locked initrd.

This issue presents it's self on kernels:

  2.6.32-22.36 ( L )
  2.6.32-24.38 ( L )
  2.6.32-21.32 ( L )
  2.6.35-12.17 ( M )

Debian kernel 2.6.32-5-686 is running great. Switched to squeeze, willing to test kernels against the platform.

Paul,

What happens if you modify the kernel parameters passed to remove 'quiet splash' and whatever else (though not ro)? Actually, even just adding a space to the end would sometimes cause my Mini 500 to complete booting, when it would otherwise also stop at

"b43-pci-bridge 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16".

As such, this bug is possibly related to bug 558684.

Hey Mathieu,

bug #558684 has a very similar hardware profile to mine. I think they are related as well.

I've played a bit with splash vs no splash, I'll re-install 10.04 / 10.10 UNE and give it a shot.

An interesting note about bug #558684: I've tried the arch kernel, and it failed with the same symptoms. I think we can rule out Plymouth -- hopefully this can help narrow the playing field a bit.

I'll get to working on taking notes on different kernel / flags this weekend. I'll post the results here

No Issues on 10.10, tried with Netbook Edition, all seems well, and this issue is not presenting it's self. I'm going to close this fixed. If I'm wrong, please repoen the bug :)

Thanks, Kernel Team!

For any other HP Mini 110 users -- Mine works with Kernel version:

2.6.35-22-generic

Godspeed!