Bug 634984 - RHEL6 can NOT boot(displays nothing) on boards with RS880 [rhel-6.0.z]
Summary: RHEL6 can NOT boot(displays nothing) on boards with RS880 [rhel-6.0.z]
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Frantisek Hrbata
QA Contact: desktop-bugs@redhat.com
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Depends On: 626454
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-09-17 13:48 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2010-11-11 11:49 UTC (History)
18 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-71.3.1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Systems with an updated Video BIOS for the AMD RS880 would not properly boot with KMS (Kernel mode-setting) enabled. With this update, the Video BIOS boots successfully when KMS is enabled.
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Last Closed: 2010-11-10 19:10:20 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0842 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2010-11-22 19:34:20 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-09-17 13:48:43 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #626454 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.0 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 6 Frantisek Hrbata 2010-10-04 07:14:25 UTC 
in 2.6.32-71.3.1.el6
Comment 7 Shane Huang 2010-10-09 08:43:27 UTC 
Where can I download rpm package with the above kernel version?

Thanks,
Comment 8 Russell Doty 2010-10-11 14:58:35 UTC 
Re comment 6:

This bug needs to be tested by AMD. The AMD team working on chipset bugs is remote and need access to a kernel on a people page to be able to download and test it - they don't have access to our internal builds.
Comment 10 Chris Ward 2010-10-20 09:48:05 UTC 
Shane, Russ

Here are a couple arches; please test and post feedback before Wed 27th

http://people.redhat.com/kzhang/kernel-2.6.32-71.4.1.el6.s390x.rpm
http://people.redhat.com/kzhang/kernel-2.6.32-71.4.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Thanks. Let me know if you need additional arches
Comment 11 Shane Huang 2010-10-20 09:59:07 UTC 
Chris, Can you also upload the kernel-firmware package?

Thanks,
Comment 12 Chris Ward 2010-10-20 14:04:15 UTC 
http://people.redhat.com/~kzhang/kernel-firmware-2.6.32-71.4.1.el6.noarch.rpm
Comment 15 Chris Ward 2010-10-27 10:32:29 UTC 
@AMD, Please post us your test results as soon as possible. Thanks.
Comment 17 Shane Huang 2010-11-08 08:34:13 UTC 
Sorry for the late response, kernel-2.6.32-71.4.1.el6.x86_64 has fixed the issue.
Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-10 19:10:20 UTC 
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-2010-0842.html
Comment 20 Martin Prpič 2010-11-11 11:49:39 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Systems with an updated Video BIOS for the AMD RS880 would not properly boot with KMS (Kernel mode-setting) enabled. With this update, the Video BIOS boots successfully when KMS is enabled.
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