[linux-audio-user] Realtime kernel does not boot

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 22:24 +0200, Dominic Sacré wrote:
> On Wednesday, 20. September 2006 17:52, I wrote:
> > PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 0000:00:08.0
> > PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:0b.0
> > PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:01:00.0
> > PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:08.1
> > NET: Registered protocol family 2
> >
> > Then it just stops. I've tried many different kernel versions
> > (2.6.17-rt8, 2.6.17-rt5, even as far back as 2.6.13-rt14), to no avail.
> > I also tried turning ACPI and APIC on/off, which didn't help either.
> > Now I'm at a loss... The same kernels boot just fine on a more recent
> > machine.
> 
> I've finally found a kernel that works on both machines: 2.6.18-rt3! It's 
> far from stable, but at least it boots, unlike all the previous versions 
> I've tried. Now I can only hope that the remaining issues will be resolved 
> in future versions of 2.6.18-rt...
> 

What's wrong with it?  People keep making these vague statements that
the -rt kernel is unstable, but I haven't seen any details.

Lee