Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.39 doesn’t boot on POWER MAC

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:41:31 +1000

On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 00:00 +0200, Giuliano Pochini wrote:
> On Sat, 28 May 2011 11:55:14 +0400
> Andrey Gusev <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > A kernel 2.6.39 doesn't boot on my POWER MAC G4.
> 
> Same problem with my dual-G4 MDD. A few more infos:
> The machine hangs just after the message "Returning from prom_init" (still
> in the OF screen).
> The kernel works fine with the option maxcpus=1, but it locks up as soon as
> I try to enable the second CPU with echo 1 > /sys.../online.

I just verified that current upstream 3.0-rc1+ does boot fine.

Cheers,
Ben.