Bug#456273: Kernel panic on boot with linux-image-2.6.18-5

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 456273 linux-2.6/2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1
found 456273 linux-2.6/2.6.26-12~bpo40+1
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Hi Paul,

Paul Gear wrote:

> The following kernels work:
>
> linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64               2.6.18-7
> linux-image-2.6.18-3-vserver-amd64       2.6.18-7
> linux-image-2.6.18-4-amd64               2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
> linux-image-2.6.18-4-vserver-amd64       2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
> linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-vserver-amd64   2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
> linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-vserver-amd64   2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1
> linux-image-2.6.26-bpo.1-xen-amd64       2.6.26-12~bpo40+1
>
> The following kernels don't:
>
> linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64               2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1
> linux-image-2.6.18-6-vserver-amd64       2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1
> linux-image-2.6.22-3-amd64               2.6.22-6~bpo40+1
> linux-image-2.6.22-3-vserver-amd64       2.6.22-6~bpo40+1
> linux-image-2.6.23-1-amd64               2.6.23-2
> linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64     2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7
> linux-image-2.6.24-rc6-amd64             2.6.24~rc6-1~experimental.1~snapshot.10030
> linux-image-2.6.24-rc7-amd64             2.6.24~rc7-1~experimental.1~snapshot.10109
> linux-image-2.6.24-rc8-amd64             2.6.24~rc8-1~experimental.2~snapshot.10176
> linux-image-2.6.26-bpo.1-amd64           2.6.26-12~bpo40+1
> linux-image-2.6.26-bpo.1-vserver-amd64   2.6.26-12~bpo40+1
>
> I'm no expert, but i can't help but think that there is a bug in this
> model of the Intel 965G/ICH8 chipset that the normal kernel is
> exercising (due to a change that happened at 2.6.18-4) but Xen is not,
> due to different behaviour of the AGP or MM subsystem.

Thanks, you've had remarkable patience.  I assume you didn't get a
serial console or netconsole working, so let's start with some more
basic things:

 - could you attach full "dmesg" output for one of the _working_
   kernels?

 - have you tried 3.0.0-1?  I ask because xen has been merged.

Jonathan