https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=278700
Summary: kernel panic during install to Xserve G5 from latest
Factory - "Badness at lib/kref.c:32", ps3 code
Product: openSUSE 10.3
Version: Alpha 4plus
Platform: PowerPC-64
OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3
Status: NEW
Severity: Blocker
Priority: P5 - None
Component: Installation
AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com
ReportedBy: harbaugh@ncifcrf.gov
QAContact: jsrain@novell.com
Attempting to install via tftp, kernel panic happens almost immediately.
Strange messages before stack trace - "Badness at lib/kref.c:32".
The stack trace shows that ps3 code is being executed.
Below is the console log. The md5sums of the yaboot and inst64 are:
0178b8df050da4a51b3ce1cceac7698a inst64
f261a14d35df6e733bf6b8fc178eba1b yaboot
0 > boot enet1:129.43.1.107,yaboot,129.43.1.91;255.255.255.0,;129.43.1.1
CLIENT: 000d939c4485 129.43.1.91
SERVER: 000347b16c16 129.43.1.107
Transfer FILE: yaboot |
TFTP-actual=5ac0d TFTP-adler32=f0e2db17 load-size=5ac0d adler32=f0e2db17
Loading ELF
yaboot starting: loaded at 00200000 002223f0 (0/200000/ff846d38; sp: 0022afd0)
CLIENT: 000d939c4485 129.43.1.91
SERVER: 000347b16c16 129.43.1.107
Transfer FILE: yaboot.conf /
TFTP-actual=516 TFTP-adler32=ff78a586 Config file 'yaboot.conf' read, 1302
bytes
CLIENT: 000d939c4485 129.43.1.91
SERVER: 000347b16c16 129.43.1.107
Transfer FILE: yaboot.txt -
TFTP-actual=da TFTP-adler32=9366440d
Welcome to openSuSE 10.3 (PPC)!
Type "install" to start the YaST installer on this CD/DVD
Type "slp" to start the YaST install via network
Type "rescue" to start the rescue system on this CD/DVD
Welcome to yaboot version 10.1.22-r948.SuSE
booted from '/ht@0,f2000000/pci@2/bcom5704@4,1:129.43.1.107,yaboot'
Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
boot:
install slp rescue
boot: install
Please wait, loading kernel...
CLIENT: 000d939c4485 129.43.1.91
SERVER: 000347b16c16 129.43.1.107
Transfer FILE: inst64 \
TFTP-actual=9f88f7 TFTP-adler32=6b1f2188 Allocated 00b00000 bytes for
executable @ 00400000
Elf32 kernel loaded...
SuSE Linux zImage starting: loaded at 00400000-00df3cbc (10000/0/ff846d38; sp:
0022adf0)
uncompressing ELF header done. (00000100 bytes)
Allocated 00b31ebc bytes for kernel @ 02000000
Allocated 0075ca7f bytes for initrd @ 02b32000
uncompressing kernel done. (0075f398 bytes)
entering kernel at 02010000(2b32000/75ca7f/ff846d38)
OF stdout device is: /ht@0,f2000000/pci@3/mac-io@7/escc@13000/ch-a@13020
command line: mem=1800M console=ttyS0,57600 y2debug manual=2 video=ofonly debug
minmemory=0 MemYaSTText=0 quiet sysrq=1 insmod=sym53c8xx insmod=ipr
memory layout at init:
alloc_bottom : 000000000328f000
alloc_top : 0000000030000000
alloc_top_hi : 0000000180000000
rmo_top : 0000000030000000
ram_top : 0000000180000000
Looking for displays
copying OF device tree ...
Building dt strings...
Building dt structure...
Device tree strings 0x0000000003290000 -> 0x0000000003291374
Device tree struct 0x0000000003292000 -> 0x00000000032a5000
Calling quiesce ...
DO-QUIESCE finishedreturning from prom_init
Hello World !
Starting Linux PPC64 #1 SMP Fri May 25 16:12:26 UTC 2007
-----------------------------------------------------
ppc64_pft_size = 0x0
physicalMemorySize = 0x70800000
ppc64_caches.dcache_line_size = 0x80
ppc64_caches.icache_line_size = 0x80
htab_address = 0xc00000006c000000
htab_hash_mask = 0x3ffff
-----------------------------------------------------
Linux version 2.6.21-12-ppc64 (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070521
(prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP Fri May 25 16:12:26 UTC 2007
CF000012
Setup Arch
[boot]0012 Setup Arch
Found U3-AGP PCI host bridge. Firmware bus number: 240->255
Can't get bus-range for /ht@0,f2000000, assume bus 0
Found U3-HT PCI host bridge. Firmware bus number: 0->239
PCI Host 0, io start: 400000; io end: bfffff
PCI Host 1, io start: 0; io end: 3fffff
via-pmu: Server Mode is disabled
PMU driver v2 initialized for Core99, firmware: 0c
nvram: Checking bank 0...
nvram: gen0=236, gen1=235
nvram: Active bank is: 0
nvram: OF partition at 0x410
nvram: XP partition at 0x1020
nvram: NR partition at 0x1120
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0 -> 460800
Normal 460800 -> 460800
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
0: 0 -> 460800
CF000015
Setup Done
[boot]0015 Setup Done
Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 454500
Kernel command line: mem=1800M console=ttyS0,57600 y2debug manual=2
video=ofonly debug minmemory=0 MemYaSTText=0 quiet sysrq=1 insmod=sym53c8xx
insmod=ipr
smp_core99_probe
smp_core99_kick_cpu
smp_core99_kick_cpu done
core99_setup_cpu 0 done
SuSE Linux
#1 SMP Fri May 25 16:12:26 UTC 2007
rtas_flash: no firmware flash support
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Badness at lib/kref.c:32
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Badness at lib/kref.c:32
Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000
Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000200f5c
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
SMP NR_CPUS=128 NUMA
Modules linked in:
NIP: C000000000200F5C LR: C000000000200F40 CTR: 0000000000000000
REGS: c0000000032eb8d0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (2.6.21-12-ppc64)
MSR: 9000000000009032