Bug 200037 - kernel-2.6.17-1.2396.fc6 crashes with illegal instruction
Summary: kernel-2.6.17-1.2396.fc6 crashes with illegal instruction
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 200549
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 6
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-07-25 00:04 UTC by Trever Adams
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:28 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-07-28 16:49:24 UTC
Type: ---
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screenshot of error (849.02 KB, image/jpeg)
2006-07-27 23:18 UTC, Trever Adams
no flags Details

Description Trever Adams 2006-07-25 00:04:01 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install the above i586 rpm.
2. Try to boot
3. Shortly after boot (right after IDE initialization I think) the system will
crash with an illegal instruction
  
Actual results:
Crash with illegal instruction.

Expected results:
A good boot.

Additional info:

Last used kernel on this system was kernel-2.6.17-1.2439.fc6. System is K6-2
late model (350 or 500 Mhz). 128 MB of RAM. No taint at this point in boot
(later on I use a madwifi driver, but this is pre-load).

Comment 1 Trever Adams 2006-07-25 20:34:50 UTC
kernel-2.6.17-1.2445.fc6

I believe it is trying to run a 686 instruction (compexch). I do not know that.
I cannot save a log, but would a digital photo of the screen help?

Comment 2 Dave Jones 2006-07-26 04:18:55 UTC
Sure, can't hurt to get any debug info we can right now, because I'm out of
ideas what's going on.

Note that you can also get more lines of text onscreen using vga=1 if it helps.

Comment 3 Trever Adams 2006-07-27 23:18:51 UTC
Created attachment 133206 [details]
screenshot of error

Ok, this is a bit blurry. I am sorry, I shake. I believe I can read most of it,
so hopefully you get what you need. If not, I will try to get my hands on a
tripod (not easy for me). This is definitely an illegal opcode being executed,
so my guess is there is an assembly routine that uses something it should not
or the compiler flags are broken.

Comment 4 Dave Jones 2006-07-28 16:49:24 UTC
Ah, someone else just hit this bug, and they have a clearer photo, so I'll dupe
this bug against that one :-)


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 200549 ***


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