From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3.4; Linux) KHTML/3.4.1 (like Gecko) Description of problem: Kernel 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3smp does not boot on my box (Pogo Vorticon64, see details below). I have to revert to older kernels (e.g 2.6.11-1.27_FC3smp) to boot correctly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kernel kernel-smp-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 2. Reboot with this kernel Actual Results: Boot fails immediately with this output: Decompressing Linux...done. Booting the kernel. Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting insmod: error inserting '/lib/ext3.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module ERROR: /sbin/udevstart exited abnormally! mkrootdev: label /1 not found umount /sys failed: 16 mount: error 19 mounting ext3 mount: error 2 mounting none switchroot: mount failed: 22 umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Expected Results: Boot completes Note: when 2.6.11-1.27_FC3smp boots, I get this additional line at the beginning: Decompressing Linux...done. Booting the kernel. audit(1122239850.305:0): initialized <---- Additional line Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting ... Additional info: Hardware: Pogo Vorticon64 Dual Opteron 246, 4GB RAM Tyan S2885 Motherboard 3ware 9506-4LP controller with 4x250GB SATA disks Partitions: *NOTE* that the partition mounted as '/' (/dev/sda8) has the unusual label '/1' because an older partition has the label '/'. This works fine with previous kernels (as expected, because there is nothing wrong with this). Filesystem Type Label Mounted on /dev/sda8 ext3 /1 / /dev/sda2 ext3 / /FC1 /dev/sda11 ext3 /big1 /big1 /dev/sda12 ext3 /big1 /big2 /dev/sda1 ext3 /boot /boot /dev/sda6 ext3 /home /home /dev/sda10 ext3 /opt /opt /dev/sda5 ext3 /tmp /tmp /dev/sda3 ext3 /opt /usr /dev/sda9 ext3 /var /var /dev/sda13 ext3 none /big3 /dev/sda14 xfs none /big4
Sorry, typo above: >/dev/sda3 ext3 /opt /usr Should be: /dev/sda3 ext3 /usr /usr Two more important pieces of information: 1. I have confirmed this bug today on another machine: Sun Sunfire V20z Dual Opteron 244, 2GB RAM LSI Logic (Fusion) U320 SCSI (2x73GB) Filesystem Type Label Mounted on /dev/sda8 ext3 / / /dev/sda1 ext3 /boot /boot /dev/sda7 ext3 /home /home /dev/sda9 xfs backup /backup /dev/sda6 ext3 /tmp /tmp /dev/sda2 ext3 /usr /usr /dev/sda5 ext3 /var /var Wih this box, the error message is a little different: Here is the end of it: ... mptscsih: Unknown symbol mot_HardResetHandler mptscsih: Unknown symbol ioc_list insmod: error inserting '/lib/mptscsih.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module ERROR: /sbin/udevstart exited abnormally! creating root device mkrootdev: label / not found umount /sys failed: 16 mount: error 19 mounting ext3 mount: error 2 mounting none Switching to new root switchroot: mount failed: 22 umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Call Trace:<ffffffff80138164>{panic+196} <ffffffff8034f811>{__down_read+49} <ffffffff80207ef1>{__up_read+33} <ffffffff8013ae53>{do_exit+99} <ffffffff80207db1>{__up_write+49} <ffffffff8013ba8f>{do_group_exit+239} <ffffffff8010eaa6>{system_call+126} 2. This affects *ONLY* the smp kernel: - 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 boots fine - 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3smp does not boot
I can verify this is happening as described although the modules insmod seems to puke on seem random. Once was ext3 another was sata_sil. We attempted to upgrade the kernels on 3 FC3 dual opteron servers to 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3smp this afternoon with tragic results. None of the servers would boot, but an indentical server, save for being single cpu, took the update and rebooted just fine. This is a big issue, would appreciate someone taking a look.
> This is a big issue, would appreciate someone taking a look. Indeed, I have here twenty Dual-Opteron and a Quad-Opteron that are stuck with older smp kernels.
Looks like most of these issues have been directed to bug id 163437 , still no word on a fix though.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 163437 ***