Bug 45843

Summary:	mm-sources/nvidia-kernel hardlock due to CONFIG_4KSTACKS=y
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Zachary Slater <zakk>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	x86-kernel (DEPRECATED) <x86-kernel>
Status:	VERIFIED UPSTREAM
Severity:	major	CC:	steel300
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.5-rc2/2.6.5-rc2-mm4/broken-out/4k-stacks-always-on.patch
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Description Zachary Slater 2004-03-26 15:11:26 UTC

The mm-sources may, for the time being, need to have the 4k-stacks-always-on.patch reversed, at least for nvidia users (5336-r1) it seems to hard lock the machine on startx (if set to y). I've been reversing it by hand for 2.6.5-r2 mm2/3 and that has fixed the problem.

Comment 1 Jason Cox (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-29 08:13:03 UTC

That is a a problem upstream. All we're doing is providing mm-sources (in there entirety) through portage. The 4k stack is slated to go mainstream, so nvidia users are in trouble once it does. Unless, nVidia comes out with a module/driver that supports a 4k stack environment, you're stuck doing it by hand.

Comment 2 Jason Cox (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-04 11:50:44 UTC

This is a problem upstream. I'd recommend taking it up with Andrew/nVidia.

Comment 3 Jason Cox (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-04 11:51:27 UTC

Closed. Not really anything we can do. What about those who don't use binary drivers?