Bug#599368: Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2011-01-02 Thread Cesare Leonardi
On 01/02/2011 11:51 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: Yes, I see, it doesn't say that this is a fatal error for watchdog initialisation. I've seen just now the patch (v1 and v2) you sent upstream: thank you very much for improving the error message and the documentation. Very very appreciated. Cesar

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2011-01-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 23:37 +0100, Cesare Leonardi wrote: > On 01/02/2011 10:44 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > >> Then add +1 to what Michael Biebl already asked: why that message should > >> be showed? > > > > Because the watchdog feature was enabled at compile-time and you > > presumably want it to w

Bug#599368: Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2011-01-02 Thread Cesare Leonardi
On 01/02/2011 10:44 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: Then add +1 to what Michael Biebl already asked: why that message should be showed? Because the watchdog feature was enabled at compile-time and you presumably want it to work. If you add 'nowatchdog' to the kernel parameters then the kernel will no

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2011-01-02 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 21:34 +0100, Cesare Leonardi wrote: > On 12/27/2010 09:36 PM, Cesare Leonardi wrote: > > Grub command lines are identical except that "lapic hpet=force" in > > normal boot is substituted by "single" in recovery mode. > > I've found that if i remove "lapic" from the command li

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2010-12-29 Thread Cesare Leonardi
On 12/27/2010 09:36 PM, Cesare Leonardi wrote: Grub command lines are identical except that "lapic hpet=force" in normal boot is substituted by "single" in recovery mode. I've found that if i remove "lapic" from the command line, then the NMI error appears. And in fact that paramter it's not p

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2010-12-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 22:31 +0100, Cesare Leonardi wrote: > On 12/27/2010 10:16 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > In a default GRUB configuration, kernel logging to the console is > > limited using the 'quiet' parameter, except in recovery mode. > > I use "quiet" in recovery mode too. > Do you mean tha

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2010-12-27 Thread Cesare Leonardi
On 12/27/2010 10:16 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: In a default GRUB configuration, kernel logging to the console is limited using the 'quiet' parameter, except in recovery mode. I use "quiet" in recovery mode too. Do you mean that when i use the "single" parameter, "quiet" is less quiet? Cesare.

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2010-12-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 22:02 +0100, Cesare Leonardi wrote: > On 12/27/2010 09:48 PM, Michael Prokop wrote: > > This is not an initramfs-tools issue. Re-assigning to linux-2.6 and > > leaving it to the kernel maintainers how to proceed with this issue > > Ah, thanks! In fact i were not sure at what

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2010-12-27 Thread Cesare Leonardi
On 12/27/2010 09:48 PM, Michael Prokop wrote: This is not an initramfs-tools issue. Re-assigning to linux-2.6 and leaving it to the kernel maintainers how to proceed with this issue Ah, thanks! In fact i were not sure at what package address this bug. (see #599368 for similar issue). Sorry,

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2010-12-27 Thread Michael Prokop
reassign 608138 linux-2.6 thanks * Cesare Leonardi [Mon Dec 27, 2010 at 09:36:44PM +0100]: > Every time i boot in recovery mode, i see this message: > - > Loading Linux 2.6.37-rc5-686 ... > Loading initial ramdisk ... > [0.020165] NMI watchdog failed to create perf event on cpu0: ffa

Bug#608138: initramfs-tools: NMI error on boot only in recovery mode

2010-12-27 Thread Cesare Leonardi
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.98.7 Severity: normal Every time i boot in recovery mode, i see this message: - Loading Linux 2.6.37-rc5-686 ... Loading initial ramdisk ... [0.020165] NMI watchdog failed to create perf event on cpu0: ffa1 Loading, please wait... resume: libgcrypt v