Bug#579393: linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64: kernel crashes at booting when QLogic IB7220 firmware not available
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On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 03:47:54AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 13:02 +0200, Sebastian Hegler wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Here we go:
> >
> > ==========================================
> > [ 28.007218] ib_ipath 000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting qlogic/sd7220.fw
> > [ 28.070446] ib_ipath 000:07:00.0: infinipath0: Failed to load IB SERDES image
> > [ 28.070455] ib_ipath 000:07:00.0: infinipath0: Could not initialize SerDes, not usable
> > [ 28.070456] ib_ipath 000:07:00.0: infinipath0: Failed to bring up IB link
> >
> > ...
> >
> > [ 29.068010] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
> > [ 29.072001] IP: [<(null)>] (null)
> > [ 29.072001] PGD 23d60c067 PUD 23d958067 PMD 0
> > [ 29.072001] Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted
> > [ 29.072001] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP
> > [ 29.072001] last sysfs file: /sys/kernel/uevent_seqnum
> > [ 29.072001] CPU 0
> > [ 29.072001] Modules linked in: snd_pcm snd_timer amd64_edac_mod snd edac_core soundcore ib_ipath i2c_nforce2 shpchp snd_page_alloc edac_mce_amd psmouse evdev i2c_core button pci_hotplug pcspkr serio_raw ib_core processor ext3 jbd dm_mod raid456 md_mod async_raid6_recov async_pq raid6_pq async_xor xor async_memcpy async_tx sd_mod crc_t10dif ses enclosure ata_generic usb_hid hid ide_pci_generic ide_core ohci_hcd mptsas mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_sas thermal thermal_sys sata_nv ehci_hcd forcedeth libata scsi_mod usbcore nls_base [las unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> > [ 29.192763] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-3-amd64 #1 H8DM8-2
> > ==========================================
> >
> > Please also see the "screenshot" attached.
> [...]
>
> I can't get much information from this log, but by inspecting the code I
> do see some problems with the handling of errors during initialisation.
>
> Could you please test whether the attached patch fixes this bug?
> Instructions for rebuilding the Debian kernel package are available at
> <http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official>.
Sebastian,
did you test the patch?
Cheers,
Moritz
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