Created attachment 502900 [details] Screenshot (KVM IP) of waiting for hardware to initialize Description of problem: With Fedora 15 x86_64 (netinstall or not) : anaconda stop with "waiting for hardware to initialize", even if I choose others booting options (nomodeset, or ignore_loglevel). If I use an existing installation with the same computer, boot stops with "Starting udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization" How reproducible: Simply boot with Fedora 15 x86_64 CD or DVD, or run existing Fedora 15 x86_64 with same hardware. The computer is a Dell R210 with 16 GB RAM and 2 x 2 To HDD. Boot seems to stop with Ethernet card Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit. To help you, I have a lspci (obtained via another Live CD) : 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11) 00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11) 00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11) 00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11) 00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11) 00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11) 00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 3400 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05) 01:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 03) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5716 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) 02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5716 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) 03:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200eW WPCM450 (rev 0a) Thank you ;)
Created attachment 502902 [details] Screenshot of an existing Fedora 15 x86_64 with same hardware (Fedora 15 cloned)
Created attachment 503232 [details] F15 boot with noprob and ignore_loglevel, load driver bnx2
Created attachment 503233 [details] F15 boot with noprob and ignore_loglevel, driver bnx2 loaded, and system stops.
It seems I have same problem that here : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693542 Same probleme, same tests, same hardware. Maybe do you have any solution ? Thank you ;)
Can you do 2 things please? 1) Check the bios revision on your system. The bios I have here is v1.1.4 2) Boot the intstaller with pci=nobios on the command line. That last line prior to the hang issues a pci write to the device via bios and I'd like to ensure that something isn't wrong with the system bios handling the write to this device.
Created attachment 503251 [details] F15 Dell R210 with options : pci=nobios and ignore_loglevel
I tried with pci=nobios and ignore_loglevel, but same result. BIOS version is 1.5.2 Dell Tag is D99325J, if it can help you.
Ok, seems like it stopped at a slightly earlier point though (no mention of the latency timer print out above). Do you consistenly see that printout, or do you just have some jitter in how far bnx2 initalization gets (in terms of what you see printed), prior to the hang?
I only see that printout... I also tried with pci=nobios but without ignore_loglevel, and it hangs directly with "waiting for hardware to initialize".
If needed, I can do all tests you wish... no problem ;)
Finally, I stopped to work with that dedicated server provider (Online) because their business support is a joke. The problem is not solved, but bypassed with new server.
Ok, well I'm going to close this then, as I just re-installed fedora 15 (kernel 2.6.38.7-30.fc15.x86_64), on a dell r210 system here over a bcm5716 based card that matches yours, and all went well.