Bug#532562: linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile: Kernel panics randomly while using apt-get
Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile
Version: 2.6.26-15lenny3
Severity: critical
Justification: causes serious data loss
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armel (armv5tejl)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-6-versatile
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration
management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.92o tools for generating an
initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux
kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile recommends no packages.
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile suggests:
pn fdutils <none> (no description available)
pn linux-doc-2.6.26 <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information excluded
I am using armel lenny inside a qemu virtual machine. Built it by using de-
bootstrap inside loop mounted hd image, and then booting it with a third
party
kernel. I installed linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile after the
bootstrapping was
complete so I could have the cdrom and mouse drivers. The problem is:
when ins-
talling anything using apt-get, the kernel will panic after downloading
the fi-
les, at configuration time. This caused corruption of many files in
/var/lib/
dpkg, making dpkg unusable. I solved this issue by rebuilding the system
on an
ext3 partition. Even though, the problem is still there. The last lines
of the
panic output are as follow (sorry, couldn`t get anything prior to that,
since I
can't scroll up and all...):
[ 0.000000] [<bf000480>] (scsi_finish_command+0x0/0xcc [scsi_mod])
from [<bf0
07808>] (scsi_softirq_done+0x10c/0x128 [scsi_mod])
[ 0.000000] r6:cec694c0 r5:00000005 r4:00000bb8
[ 0.000000] [<bf0076fc>] (scsi_softirq_done+0x0/0x128 [scsi_mod]) from
[<c010
bafc>] (blk_done_softirq+0x78/0x9c)
[ 0.000000] [<c010ba84>] (blk_done_softirq+0x0/0xd4) from [<c0047680>]
(__do_
softirq+0x60/0xd4)
[ 0.000000] [<c0047284>] (__do_softirq+0x0/0xd4) from [<c0047680>]
(irq_exit+
0x44/0x4c)
[ 0.000000] r6:00000000 r5:c0289f78 r4:0000001b
[ 0.000000] [<c004763c>] (irq_exit+0x0/0x4c) from [<c002404c>]
(__exception_t
ext_start+0x4c/0x64)
[ 0.000000] [<c0024000>] (__exception_text_start+0x0/0x64) from
[<c00248a4>]
(__irq_usr+0x44/0xa0)
[ 0.000000] Exception stack(0xcf561fb0 to 0xcf561ff8)
[ 0.000000] 1fa0 00000000
00000008 00000
02e 00000035
[ 0.000000] 1fc0: beeb3362 0005781d 00000001 00000016 00059f70
beeb336d 00059
a40 0005aa18
[ 0.000000] ife0: 0006ffd6 beeb27d0 00023890 00024968 60000010 ffffffff
[ 0.000000] r6:0000001 r5:f1140000 r4:ffffffff
[ 0.000000] Code: e1a01000 e5932000 e59f06fc ea00002f (e5963358)
[ 0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
In order to get this, I ran the system with:
qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile -initrd
initrd.img-2.6.26-2-versatile [1] -hda hda.img -hdb swap.img [2] -cdrom
debian-501-armel-DVD-1.iso [3] -m 256M -append "root=/dev/sda rw mem=256M"
[1] Got these 2 from inside the hd image, on /boot/.
[2] 1G swap file. Dunno if it helps, but it's there.
[3] My internet is quite unstable, so I need this one. That's one of the
rea-
sons I need this kernel.
Please tell me if you need any further information.
Thanks.
Axel Lira
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