Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 433671
pci=nommconf required for montpelier and johannesburg to boot
Last modified: 2008-05-21 11:10:25 EDT
Description of problem: Intel motherboards Johannesburg and Montpelier hang on boot. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.18-82.el5 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot rhel52 beta nightly on above hardware 2. 3. Actual results: Hang during kernel Expected results: No hang Additional info: This was originally found in Global Desktop(GD). Prarit scoped it out and had a fix for it. GD team decided to add option to anaconda to fix it with the expectation that the next 5.1 kernel update would have the fix for this. Somewhere this got lost. I imagine that it should also be fixed for 5.1 since this hardware is certified on 5.1.
Created attachment 295444 [details] RHEL5 fix for this issue (version 1) I wrote this patch a few months ago -- retesting ATM. P.
Created attachment 295462 [details] RHEL5 Fix for this issue (version 2) updated to latest nightly.
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in kernel-$NEW_VER You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
in kernel-2.6.18-85.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
Confirmed the mmconfig blacklist has been updated with support for these 2 boards in the -88 kernel.
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/RHBA-2008-0314.html