Bug 132754

Summary:	char-major-10-184 microcode error with kernel 2.4.21-15.ELhugemem
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	Adam Stokes <astokes>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Ernie Petrides <petrides>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	3.0	CC:	jparadis, petrides, riel
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Hardware:	i386
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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-663	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Adam Stokes 2004-09-16 18:18:34 UTC

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Description of problem:
On bootup giving microcode ia32 update error - char-major-10-184

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.4.21-15.ELhugemem

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
boot machine.

Actual Results:  microcode ia32 update error char-major-10-184

Expected Results:  No error.

Additional info:

Comment 2 Jim Paradis 2004-11-18 18:01:53 UTC

Can you tell me what model(s) of systems you see this error on?  Have you seen
it in the most recent RHEL3 updates?

Comment 3 Michael Glasgow 2005-09-01 01:00:50 UTC

I'm getting the same error on a Dell Optiplex GX260 running RHEL 3 AS Update 
4, kernel 2.4.21-27.0.2.1.7.ELhugemem.

Comment 4 Ernie Petrides 2005-09-01 01:47:20 UTC

I believe the problem here is that the microcode loading driver was in
the "unsupported" RPM for the hugemem config.  We've fixed this in U6,
which is currently in beta (and which you may test by fetching the
relevant RPM for the 2.4.21-35.EL kernel version from the RHN beta
channel).

The fix for this problem was committed to the RHEL3 U6 patch pool
on 8-Jun-2005 (in kernel version 2.4.21-32.7.EL).

Propagating acks from bug 122982.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 122982 ***

Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-09-28 14:29:42 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html