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Bug 58926

Summary: smp-2.4.9-21 crash [<c011b6fb>] call_console_drivers [kernel] 0xeb
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <rhbz>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.2CC: geoffrey
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Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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Description Flags
(Serial) Console output for succesfull boot of smp-2.4.9-13
none
(Serial) Console output for crash during boot of smp-2.4.9-21 none

Description Need Real Name 2002-01-28 03:01:48 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Need Real Name 2002-01-28 03:03:45 UTC 
Created attachment 43736 [details]
(Serial) Console output for succesfull boot of smp-2.4.9-13
Comment 2 Need Real Name 2002-01-28 03:05:07 UTC 
Created attachment 43737 [details]
(Serial) Console output for crash during boot of smp-2.4.9-21
Comment 3 Trevor Cordes 2002-07-05 07:30:25 UTC 
Please see the notes in bug 47160 to see if there is any connection between
these 2?
Comment 4 Need Real Name 2002-07-05 09:28:07 UTC 
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.
Comment 5 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:39:21 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

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