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LIN6-4402 : shutdown fails for wrlinux 4.2 for intel tunnel creek

Created: Aug 8, 2012    Updated: Apr 19, 2018
Resolved Date: Apr 17, 2018
Previous ID: LIN4-18673
Found In Version: 6.0
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Userspace
Host OS: Linux Other
Architecture: IA32

Description

customer has found that occasionally a shutdown or reboot fails for wrlinux 4.2 on the Eurotech and Intel Crown Bay. 

Note there are some interesting details.

- this has been seen on both the Eurotech and Intel Crown bay boards
- the intel emgd 1.10  driver needs to be enable with accelation
- the usb keyboard must be detached
- X windows must be allowed to fully start before shutdown
- the occurrence is random depending on the build.  20+ reboots, other times 50+

Workaround

A workaround involving EMGD 1.14 and some X11 changes was provided

Steps to Reproduce

A testcase is provided with the configure command line and required layers provided by the customer.  Presently the layers are configure with an /etc/inittabStartup.sh that starts up x windows, sleeps for 15 seconds and then reboots the card.

To reproduce this, use the attached script to build a platform project on wrlinux 4.2, burn the iso to a USB stick, and power up. The board with cycle through reboots until finally freezing in the middle of a shutdown in INIT.
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