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Description of Problem: On my smp system kernel-smp-2.4.9-21.i686.rpm from redhat updates crashes during boot. kernel-smp-2.4.9-13 has worked fine for months. And it still works fine. A little complication is the fact that /sbin/depmod from modutils-2.4.10-1 (which is required for 2.4.9-21) crashes the 2.4.9-13smp installscript: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.93099: line 2: 1266 Floating point exceptiondepmod -ae -F /boo t/System.map-2.4.9-13smp 2.4.9-13smp /sbin/new-kernel-pkg: line 2: 1418 Floating point exceptiondepmod -ae -F /boot/ System.map-$version $version So to downgrade to kernel-smp-2.4.9-13 I also had to downgrade modutils but after that kernel-2.4.9-13 works just fine again. All UP kernels work fine too. I remember a prior 2.4 SMP kernel, 2.4.6 or whatever, that failed to boot too. But rawhide and beta versions between 2.4.3 - 2.4.9 never where much good anyway. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-smp-2.4.9-21.i686.rpm modutils-2.4.10-1.i386.rpm How Reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install kernel-smp-2.4.9-21.i686.rpm on a dual pentium 694D Pro (MS 6321) with up-to-date redhat 7.2 2. Boot 3. Actual Results: Crash, see attachment smp-2.4.9-21.boot Expected Results: Succesfull boot, see attachment smp-2.4.9-13.boot Additional Information: I only switched to booting with serial console to be able to cut and paste the output from booting. It already failed to boot with tty0 as console twice before. I am stressing this fact because of the following: When comparing smp-2.4.9-13.boot and smp-2.4.9-21.boot the first real difference is the next line in smp-2.4.9-21.boot: pty: 204<88> UUiiivxxdd88 perrror: 0000 the crash happens immediately after that.
Created attachment 43736 [details] (Serial) Console output for succesfull boot of smp-2.4.9-13
Created attachment 43737 [details] (Serial) Console output for crash during boot of smp-2.4.9-21
Please see the notes in bug 47160 to see if there is any connection between these 2?
Doesn't seem very relevant because this happens at boot time and I can't find any mention of that in 47160. And once it's up and running I see no crashes, contrary to in 47160. Maybe this is relevant: I had the same problem (ie instant crash on boot of SMP version of the kernel) when installing newer kernels from redhat 7.2 updates. However the last time I had a close look at the BIOS settings and found that `ACPI function' was enabled. Having read some warnings about ACPI and other mainboards (abit) I set it to disabled and after that it booted fine. I do not have many datapoints however. This is my desktop machine and I only reboot it after updating a kernel rpm and it never crashes in between.
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