[ltp] udev hangs on init when VT-d is enabled on W510

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:36:36 -0200


On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Florian Manschwetus wrote:
> Has someone observed this and found another solution, as disabling vt-d?
> 
> The hang occurs due to an event caused by dmar... (it flickers too fast
> as I could read it really).

Update the BIOS, and try the lastest stable kernel.  If it is still broken,
file a bug in bugzilla.kernel.org.

You might have to use a serial console to get the kernel boot log. It will
be necessary to track down the problem.

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