Bug#243992: marked as done (Boot fails on AlphaServer 2100)
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From: Nathan Poznick <poznick@conwaycorp.net>
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Subject: Boot fails on AlphaServer 2100
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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 04/15/2004 daily netinst from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/alpha/20040415/
uname -a:
Date: Thu Apr 15 21:23:06 CDT 2004
Method: Booted from CD (boot -fl 1 dka400)
Machine: AS2100 4/275
Processor: Alpha EV45
Memory: 512MB
Root Device: Would have been on a DAC960 controller
Root Size/partition table: N/A
Output of lspci: (From a shell under the Woody installer)
# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Ethernet controller: DEC DC21040 (rev 35).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 32. Master Capable. =
Latency=3D255. =20
I/O at 0x9000 [0x9001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9000000 [0x9000000].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: NCR 53c810 (rev 2).
Medium devsel. IRQ 33. Master Capable. Latency=3D255. =20
I/O at 0x9800 [0x9801].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9001000 [0x9001000].
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
Non-VGA device: Intel 82375EB (rev 4).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=3D248. =20
Bus 0, device 6, function 0:
RAID storage controller: Mylex DAC960 P Series (rev 2).
Medium devsel. IRQ 34. Master Capable. Latency=3D255. Min Gnt=3D4.
I/O at 0xa000 [0xa001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9002000 [0x9002000].
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
PCI bridge: DEC DC21152 (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=
=3D255. Min Gnt=3D4.
Bus 2, device 0, function 0:
Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 36. Master Capable. =
Latency=3D255. Min Gnt=3D20.Max Lat=3D40.
I/O at 0xb000 [0xb001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9100000 [0x9100000].
Bus 2, device 1, function 0:
Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 36. Master Capable. =
Latency=3D255. Min Gnt=3D20.Max Lat=3D40.
I/O at 0xb800 [0xb801].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9101000 [0x9101000].
Bus 2, device 2, function 0:
Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 36. Master Capable. =
Latency=3D255. Min Gnt=3D20.Max Lat=3D40.
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc001].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9102000 [0x9102000].
Bus 2, device 3, function 0:
Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 36. Master Capable. =
Latency=3D255. Min Gnt=3D20.Max Lat=3D40.
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc801].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9103000 [0x9103000].
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] =3D OK, [E] =3D Error (please elaborate below), [ ] =3D didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Initial boot fails, it appears to hang while scanning the PCI bus. The
woody installer (2.2.20) boots but doesn't properly deal with the OEM'd
DAC960 controller.
aboot: loading uncompressed boot/vmlinuz...
aboot: loading compressed boot/vmlinuz...
aboot: zero-filling 393164 bytes at 0xfffffc0000562cc4
aboot: loading initrd (2842401 bytes/2775 blocks) at 0xfffffc001fc3c000
aboot: starting kernel boot/vmlinuz with arguments ramdisk_size=3D16384 ro=
ot=3D/dev/ram devfs=3Dmount,dall console=3DttyS0
Linux version 2.4.25-1-generic (herbert@gondolin) (gcc version 3.2.3 200302=
21 (Debian prerelease)) #1 Tue Feb 24 08:10:58 EST 2004
Booting GENERIC on Sable using machine vector Sable from SRM
Major Options: LEGACY_START
Command line: ramdisk_size=3D16384 root=3D/dev/ram devfs=3Dmount,dall cons=
ole=3DttyS0
memcluster 0, usage 1, start 0, end 256
memcluster 1, usage 0, start 256, end 65527
memcluster 2, usage 1, start 65527, end 65536
freeing pages 256:384
freeing pages 740:65527
reserving pages 740:741
Initial ramdisk at: 0xfffffc001fc3c000 (2842401 bytes)
t2_init_arch: enabling SG TLB, IOCSR was 0xfe00008423028190
On node 0 totalpages: 65527
zone(0): 65527 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: ramdisk_size=3D16384 root=3D/dev/ram devfs=3Dmount,da=
ll console=3DttyS0
Using epoch =3D 2000 =20
Turning on RTC interrupts.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 543.04 BogoMIPS
Memory: 510872k/524216k available (1658k kernel code, 11296k reserved, 459k=
data, 176k init)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 1048576 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 524288 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 8192 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 262144 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 524288 bytes)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
pci: enabling save/restore of SRM state
PCI: Bus 1, bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152
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Nathan Poznick <poznick@conwaycorp.net>
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:32:56 +0200
From: Norbert Tretkowski <tretkowski@inittab.de>
To: 243992-done@bugs.debian.org, 238593-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: fixed since 2.4.26-2.1
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These two bugs are fixed with kernel-image-2.4.26-alpha >= 2.4.26-2.1,
hence I'm closing both.
Norbert
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