Bug#569704: linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64: does not boot on HP DL385 G1

[dann frazier <dannf@debian.org>]

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 05:01:15PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 17:00 +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> > Package: linux-2.6
> > Version: 2.6.26-21lenny3
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > as per IRC conversation with Womble2, this kernel does not boot on a HP
> > DL385 G1.  The only output I get is:
> > 
> > Kernel alive
> > kernel direct mapping tables up to 100000000 @ 8000-d000
> > PANIC: early exception 06 rip 10:ffffffff805935b2 error 0 cr2 0
> > 
> > Not sure what other useful information I can provide about the system,
> > but I'll be happy to test a patch if you can provide one.
> 
> I'm afraid I cannot find any obvously relevant changes.  It would be
> very helpful if you could check that this does not occur in 2.6.27 and
> then bisect between 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 to find how it was fixed (note: in
> this case you have to invert 'good' and 'bad').  However I understand
> that this is a production machine and you are not likely to be able to
> do this soon.

I'll see if I can hunt one of these systems down...

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dann frazier