Bug 84146 – Scanning PCI bus when no PCI present causes Signal 11

Bug 84146 - Scanning PCI bus when no PCI present causes Signal 11

Summary:	Scanning PCI bus when no PCI present causes Signal 11

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	pciutils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
QA Contact:	Ben Levenson
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Reported:	2003-02-12 15:02 EST by Lee Olsen
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:34 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-02-12 15:50:50 EST
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text file briefly describing bug identification and resolution (884 bytes, text/plain) 2003-02-12 15:17 EST, Lee Olsen	no flags	Details
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Description Lee Olsen 2003-02-12 15:02:12 EST

Description of problem:Signal 11 in /sbin/loader


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:Attempt to install Redhat 7.3 on a system *WITHOUT* a PCI bus


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Make a boot floppy per the installation manual
2.boot non-PCI system from floppy
3.enter "linux dd" at "boot:" prompt
    
Actual results:Signal 11 from /sbin/loader


Expected results:Menu box requesting a driver disk


Additional info:Entering "linux nousb dd" delays the crash to after loading
additional drivers

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2003-02-12 15:03:55 EST

Can you try this with the phoebe beta?

Comment 2 Lee Olsen 2003-02-12 15:17:40 EST

Created attachment 90038 [details]
text file briefly describing bug identification and resolution

Since 8.0 is out, a patch against 7.3 probably doesn't make much sense.
I hope the function name, pci_scan_bus, the fact that it is a one line
function,
and the problem (methods is NULL) should make resolving this straight forward.
Enjoy
Lee

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2003-02-12 15:50:50 EST

Fixed in 2.1.10-7, thanks!

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