Description of problem: System requires pci=nomsi boot parameter during and after installation. If parameter not available and the network device is enabled during installation, the system will hang during boot after installation and OS will become corrupted. Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-92.e15 #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:16:12 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Machine Type = 4838-310 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Install Red Hat Enterprise Server 5.2. During the installation phase, choose to configure and activate network device and let the installation complete. After the first reboot, the error will be reproduced. lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller 00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Security Device 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge 00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 5287 (rev 20) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 91) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 91) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 91) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 91) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 90) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller 00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Host Bridge 00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 PCI to PCI Bridge 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Chrome9 HC IGP (rev 01) 80:00.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 PCIE Root Port 80:00.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 PCIE Root Port 80:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller 81:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) Customer has identified that this upstream commit fixes this bug: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=162dedd39dcc6eca3fc0d29cf19658c6c13b840e
Created attachment 344515 [details] patch with upstream commit backported for 2.6.18-148.el5
Created attachment 346286 [details] [RHEL5 PATCH] PCI quirk: disable MSI on VIA VT3364 chipsets The attached patch has been posted to rhkernel-list.
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
in kernel-2.6.18-157.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 Please do NOT transition this bugzilla state to VERIFIED until our QE team has sent specific instructions indicating when to do so. However feel free to provide a comment indicating that this fix has been verified.
Patch is in -158.el5. Adding SanityOnly.
as no such hardwares in RHTS ( PCI-ID: 1106:3364, CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge ), we only check its sanity, and Jan has checked.
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 therefore 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-2009-1243.html