Bug 84146 - Scanning PCI bus when no PCI present causes Signal 11
Summary: Scanning PCI bus when no PCI present causes Signal 11
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: pciutils
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-02-12 20:02 UTC by Lee Olsen
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Environment:
Last Closed: 2003-02-12 20:50:50 UTC
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2003-02-12 20:17 UTC, Lee Olsen 		no flags Details
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Description Lee Olsen 2003-02-12 20:02:12 UTC 
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 20:03:55 UTC 
Can you try this with the phoebe beta?
Comment 2 Lee Olsen 2003-02-12 20:17:40 UTC 
Created attachment 90038 [details]
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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 20:50:50 UTC 
Fixed in 2.1.10-7, thanks!
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