Bug#414322: linux-source-2.6.18: kernel freeze on disk i/o (regression)
Package: linux-source-2.6.18
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
Severity: important
Hello,
I have recently dist-upgraded my workstation from Sarge to Etch. As usual,
this operation worked fine, but sadly I get some trouble with the 2.6.18
kernel included into Etch.
To begin, I have tried the linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 but at the first boot
the kernel freeze completely (the MagicSysReq keys doesn't work). So I
build my own image from the current linux-source-2.6.18 to test if the
problem could be eventualy solved with more specific options related to
my hardware configuration.
After rebooting without problem on my own linux-image kernel, for a moment
all seemed to work fine... until the whole system freeze again during the
configuration process of some new packages I have planned to install.
Despite the log files contains nothing useful, investigating a bit (eg.
more reboots and freezes later :-D show that the problem always occurs
during disk i/o operations, specially when loading the system at boot or
installing/deinstalling packages (heavy disk usage = faster freeze).
Of course, I did not have any problem when I use my previous kernel as
fallback (an old 2.6.8 version build with the Debian Sarge sources).
Perhaps a disk driver (I use the AIC7XXX kernel module) bug ?
my lspci :
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P]
System Controller (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P]
AGP Bridge
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] ISA
(rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus]
IDE (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] ACPI
(rev 01)
00:07.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus]
USB (rev 07)
00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D / AIC-7899A U160/m
(rev 01)
00:0a.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D / AIC-7899A U160/m
(rev 01)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
(rev 78)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti
4400] (rev a2)
Thanx for your help,
THR4K
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-16.6-tigermp
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.18 depends on:
ii binutils 2.17-3 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.18 recommends:
ii gcc 4:4.1.1-15 The GNU C compiler
ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii make 3.81-2 The GNU version of the "make" util
-- no debconf information
Reply to: