[Bug 1213879] New: Could not allocate memory for RTAS
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 Bug ID: 1213879 Summary: Could not allocate memory for RTAS Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.5 Hardware: PowerPC OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader Assignee: screening-team-bugs@suse.de Reporter: dmitriy.markov@mezame.ru QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Target Milestone: --- Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0 Build Identifier: Good afternoon. While booting from iso for further installation of the system, I encountered the error "Could not allocate memory for RTAS". The problem is only present in the openSUSE Leap 15.5 ppc64le distribution. OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 ppc64le does not have this problem. Of course, on the Internet there was a solution from the equipment manufacturer. (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/could-not-allocate-memory-rtas-grub-or-yab...) But it does not help and the error remains. My opinion is that this is a bug in the distribution, if it is not, please let me know about it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Booting LPAR from CD/DVD openSUSE-Leap-15.5-DVD-ppc64le-Media.iso 2.In the bootloader, select "install operating system" 3.We get an error Actual Results: We get an error Welcome to GRUB! search prep from disk `ieee1275//vdevice/v-s csi@3000000b/disk@8100000000000000' error: ../../grub-core/commands/prep_loadenv.c:179:no prep partition. earlycfg: root=memdisk prefix=(memdisk)/ bdev=ieee1275//vdevice/v-scsi@3000000b/disk@8100000000000000 bpart=,1 bpath=/boot/ppc64le/grub2-ieee1275 Reading vars from (ieee1275//vdevice/v-scsi@3000000b/disk@8100000000000000) error: ../../grub-core/commands/prep_loadenv.c:179:no prep partition. ENV_HINT= ENV_GRUB_DIR= ENV_FS_UUID= searching for /boot/ppc64le/grub2-ieee1275/grub.cfg /boot/ppc64le/grub2-ieee1275/grub.cfg is on ieee1275//vdevice/v-scsi@3000000b/disk@81000 00000000000,1 prefix=(ieee1275//vdevice/v-scsi@3000000b/disk@8100000000000000,1)/boot/ppc64le /grub2-ieee1275 root=ieee1275//vdevice/v-scsi@3000000b/disk@8100000000000000,1 Loading kernel ... Loading initial ramdisk ... OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty@30000000 Preparing to boot Linux version 5.14.21-150500.53-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc (SUSE Linux) 7.5.0, GNU ld (GNU Binut ils; SUSE Linux Enterprise 15) 2.39.0.20220810-150100.7.40) #1 SMP Wed May 10 07:56:26 UTC 2023 (b630043) Detected machine type: 0000000000000101 command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/ppc64le/linux Max number of cores passed to firmware: 256 (NR_CPUS = 2048) Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... done memory layout at init: memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned) alloc_bottom : 000000001fef0000 alloc_top : 0000000020000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000020000000 rmo_top : 0000000020000000 ram_top : 0000000020000000 Could not allocate memory for RTAS EXIT called ok 0 > Expected Results: The system installer is loading iso SHA-256 checksum - pass My HW - IBM Power E880 SLES 12SP5 - also not affected by this error. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 Dmitriy Markov <dmitriy.markov@mezame.ru> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Target Milestone|--- |Leap 15.5 Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 Dmitriy Markov <dmitriy.markov@mezame.ru> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dmitriy.markov@mezame.ru -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 Andreas Stieger <Andreas.Stieger@gmx.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P3 - Medium |P5 - None -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c9 --- Comment #9 from Alexander van Kaam <alexvkaam@gmail.com> --- downloaded the ISO, but at the moment fighting with the vHMC / VIOS to release a previous mounten ISO, ticket at IBM, will let you know once I can mount it -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c11 --- Comment #11 from Alexander van Kaam <alexvkaam@gmail.com> --- hi can get past grub fine now (could not before or would not even load) and the installer starts. so seems the fixed solved the RTAS issue. the ISO installer starts but can't find the installation medium (cd: or hd:) the NET installer starts but can't get DHCP from eth0 (the machine has a fixed IP normally) but I figure those our later when I have a bit more time. so yes RTAS issue is solved Regard, -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c14 --- Comment #14 from Alexander van Kaam <alexvkaam@gmail.com> --- Goodmorning openSUSE-Leap-15.5-NET-ppc64le-Build492.12-Media.iso 1) RTAS error is still gone 2) linuxrc installer starts 3) set up the network with fixed IP 4) enabled SSH 5) selected install via https 6) it downloads en restarts 7) cd:/CHECKSUMS: Invalid signature. Installion aborted 1 to 6 are identical to the 15.4 installer. openSUSE-Leap-15.5-DVD-ppc64le-Build492.12-Media.iso 1) RTAS error is still gone 2) linuxrc installer starts 3) cd:/repodata/repomd.xml: Invalid signature. Installion aborted So as far as I can tell the original reason for this bugzilla entry is fixed. I asume the checksum issue is because of your custom build. Will the "Do not compress on ppc64le" patch also be on the 15.6 installer when aproved ? Regards, -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c16 goetz fischer <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |g.fischer@r-a-c.de --- Comment #16 from goetz fischer <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> --- Could you create a Tumbleweed iso with these modifications? The current Tumbleweed isos still suffer from this problem and I wasn't able to find older isos. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c18 --- Comment #18 from goetz fischer <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> --- I know but I still get the "out of memory" error with the lastest isos. Hence my question ... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c23 --- Comment #23 from goetz fischer <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> ---
I used the latest working one (15.4) and did a dup for 15.5 without issues
I know and I did the same to get to 15.6. Trying to get to tumbleweed that way would have been my next try. BTW would anyone know whether leap 16 will still support power8? I neither got an answer to that in the forum nor on the mailing list. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c25 --- Comment #25 from goetz fischer <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> --- Okay thanks. I guess doing the mentioned switch to tumbleweed with a power8 wouldn't make much sense anymore then. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c29 --- Comment #29 from goetz fischer <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> --- I gave it a try and it does indeed work. I thought tumbleweed is supposed to be ahead of leap and hence would have future leap things already. Anyway, to confirm, the path leap 15.4 -> 15.6 -> tumbleweed is a workaround for the installer problem. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213879#c31 --- Comment #31 from goetz fischer <g.fischer@r-a-c.de> --- Great, thanks! -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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