Description of problem: dmidecode is present on platforms other than x86. If called this can cause Machine Checks. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-utils-2.4-8.37.6 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. install U3 or U4 on HP rx8620 2. run dmidecode 3. Actual results: Logging TOGO Errors .... Size of TOGO Errors : 0x0 Complete Finish the Error Event Logging .... Complete Flush the cpu cache .... Complete ReEnabling CPU Poison Check .... Complete Cpu0: MCA Rendez Always flag set to 1. Cpu0: Perform rendezvous started. Cpu0: Sent Rendez vector number 0xe8 to 7. Cpu0: Rendezvous timeout : 20000 Cpu0: Waiting processors to acknowledge MCA vector. Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000070eff84a708 swapper[0]: Oops 8813272891392 Pid: 0, comm: swapper EIP is at xfrm_policy_list_Rsmp_71f01109 [] 0xfab61fe8 (2.4.21-21.EL) psr : 0000101008022018 ifs : 8000000000000f25 ip : [<e000070eff8388c0>] Not tainted unat: 0000000000000000 pfs : 0000000000000f25 rsc : 0000000000000003 rnat: 80000ffc1002c690 bsps: 0000000000000008 pr : 80000000ff7ad965 ldrs: 0000000000000000 ccv : 0000000000000000 fpsr: 0009804c0270033f b0 : e000070eff8388a0 b6 : c0000000ffd7c9e0 b7 : e000070eff409000 f6 : 1003e000000004325c53f f7 : 1003e000000000077cbcb f8 : 1003e0000000000000000 f9 : 1003e0000000000000000 r1 : e000070eff830000 r2 : e000000160b1f7f0 r3 : 0000000000000000 r8 : 0000000000000002 r9 : 00000000000000ff r10 : 0000000000000000 r11 : c0000ffc1011acf0 r12 : e000000160b1f8f0 r13 : e000000160b18000 r14 : 0000000000000040 r15 : 00000000001f0000 r16 : e000000160b1f658 r17 : e000000160b1f660 r18 : e000000160b1f668 r19 : e000000160b1f6a8 r20 : e000000160b1f698 r21 : e000000160b1f690 r22 : 0000001008022018 r23 : c0000ffc20100000 r24 : e000000004b98a64 r25 : 0000000000000004 r26 : e000000004b98a60 r27 : e000000004b98a60 r28 : 0000000000000004 r29 : e000000160b1803c r30 : e000000004a85690 r31 : e000000160b18028 Call Trace: [<e000000004415960>] sp=0xe000000160b1f4f0 bsp=0xe000000160b19548 show_stack [kernel] 0x80 [<e000000004431d30>] sp=0xe000000160b1f6c0 bsp=0xe000000160b19520 die [kernel] 0x1b0 [<e000000004451530>] sp=0xe000000160b1f6c0 bsp=0xe000000160b194c8 ia64_do_page_fault [kernel] 0x350 [<e00000000440ea20>] sp=0xe000000160b1f750 bsp=0xe000000160b194c8 ia64_leave_kernel [kernel] 0x0 [<e000070eff8388c0>] sp=0xe000000160b1f8f0 bsp=0xe000000160b193d0 xfrm_policy_list_Rsmp_71f01109 [] 0xfab61fe8 <0>Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! In interrupt handler - not syncing Cpu0: Sending INIT to other processors for Rendezvous. Cpu0: Waiting processors to acknowledge INIT. Cpu0: All processors did not respond to INIT. Cpu0: Perform rendezvous complete, RendezState : 0xffffffffffffffff . Cell local CallGate Pointer 0x70eff409000 CallGate Pointer after moving to CoreCell 0x70eff409000 Firmware executing from Main Memory ....... Calling OS_MCA at 0x000000000444d5a0... Expected results: either the command should work and not MCA. or we should remove it. Our own redhat ready cert caused the above. Additional info:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88377 ***