Bug#610085: [2.6.26 -> 2.6.32 regression] [xeon x3430] symptoms of memory corruption when more than one CPU core is activated

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Adrian,

Adrian Kieß wrote:

> i just wanted to ask if the bug is resolved already. Booting into kernel
> 2.6.38 also brings the system to halt when more then one
> CPU core is activated. The system boots fine when only one CPU core (of
> four) is activated.

Sorry for the slow reply.  The symptoms point to memory corruption,
so the question becomes _what_ is corrupting the memory.

The first step to answering that is to try as recent a kernel as
possible, so we can get help from upstream.  Could you try a 3.x.y
kernel from sid or experimental and let us know how it goes?

Please also attach full "dmesg" output from booting such a kernel.

Sorry for the trouble,
Jonathan