Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Well, it boots for me, but then, I've not been able to reproduce any
> issues anyway :/
>
> /me goes try a PREEMPT=n kernel, since that is what Mike reports boot
> funnies with..
>   
With the suggested changes against -next the machine boots fine.
After multiple runs of hackbenck,kernbench,cpu_hotplug tests the
machine is still up and running. So at this point all is well.
I will continue to monitor the box for a while..

I just picked up the changes made to kernel/sched.c. Have attached
the changes here.

Thanks for all your help.

Thanks
-Sachin

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Sachin Sant
IBM Linux Technology Center
India Systems and Technology Labs
Bangalore, India
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