Re: Release testing and you
today's image
┌───────────────┤ Detecting link on eth0; please wait... ├────────────────┐
│ │
│ 100% [ 243.520556] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
243.601245] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 00000000000001a0 │
14;10H[ 243.691289] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8001d2c6000 │
[ 243.767267] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! │
[ 243.855403] Call Trace: │
[ 243.887548] [000000000045dcd4] do_exit+0x94/0x708 │
[ 243.950577] [0000000000427550] die_if_kernel+0x2a0/0x2c8────────────────┘
[ 244.021620] [0000000000768c84] unhandled_fault+0x8c/0x98
[ 244.092659] [000000000076936c] do_sparc64_fault+0x6dc/0x780
[ 244.167130] [0000000000407880] sparc64_realfault_common+0x10/0x20
[ 244.248476] [0000000010015680] gem_poll+0x9fc/0x1328 [sungem]
[ 244.325234] [0000000000697110] net_rx_action+0x9c/0x234
[ 244.395124] [00000000004607f0] __do_softirq+0xdc/0x1c4
[ 244.463891] [000000000042a76c] do_softirq+0x54/0x80
[ 244.529196] [0000000000460a6c] irq_exit+0x38/0x94
[ 244.592231] [000000000042df38] timer_interrupt+0x90/0xa8
[ 244.663271] [00000000004209d4] tl0_irq14+0x14/0x20
[ 244.727450] [000000000043772c] touch_nmi_watchdog+0x0/0x34
[ 244.800780] [00000000008f07e4] start_kernel+0x390/0x3a0
[ 244.870674] [0000000000750b88] tlb_fixup_done+0x80/0x88
[ 244.940562] [0000000000000000] (null)
[ 245.001307] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom
i've boot with diag-switch? = true and hw looks good
box is running 2.6.28, i will apply the same config to 3.2 and check
if it boots
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 08:34:02PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 04:16:49PM -0300, gustavo panizzo <gfa> wrote:
> > today i take the dust off my netra, to install debian on it
> >
> > i took the daily image of the d-i
> > http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-sparc/20110106+b1/images/netboot/boot.img
>
> As the date in the URL indicates, this is a *very* old image.
>
> In order to get the dailies you should go to
>
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
> in particular, for the netboot image:
>
> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/sparc/daily/netboot/
>
> Daily installer images are not distributed via mirror network, so this
> is the only place you can download it from.
>
> Thanks for testing, please let me know if you encounter any problems.
>
> And even if it's a success, please file an installation report.
>
> The d-i alpha1 for wheezy should be available in a couple of days, if
> you could test that it would be great as well.
>
> > it boots ok, but at some point the installer throws this
> > exactly after load network and usb storage modules
> >
> > [ 240.615830] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
> > [ 240.690242] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 00000000000005ce
> > [ 240.763550] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8001d1da000
> > [ 240.832583] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt
> > handler!
> > [ 240.921118] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom
> >
> > squeeze installer dies on the same point
> >
> > this is the hw
> >
> > Netra T1 200 (UltraSPARC-IIe 500MHz), No Keyboard
> > OpenBoot 4.0, 512 MB memory installed, Serial #507XXX58.
> > Ethernet address 0:X:ba:5:XX:ae, Host ID: 83XXXbae.
> >
> > i will try to boot the old gentoo that box has, then debootstrap to
> > see how it goes
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 05:00:57PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > We still have a bit to go before wheezy release, but I would like to
> > > once again remind of the importance of running testing/unstable to
> > > ensure acceptable quality of upcoming release. The key point is that
> > > if nobody runs wheezy and reports bugs, there is no chance for them to
> > > be fixed before release, so we can happily release with pretty severe
> > > problems (like http://bugs.debian.org/669905, which I accidentally
> > > discovered recently).
> > >
> > > Just to reming how the system works: a new version of the package is
> > > unloaded to unstable (a.k.a. sid), typically spends about 10 days
> > > there, then propagates to testing (a.k.a. wheezy) if no new bugs have
> > > been reported against it (roughly). The version in testing will be
> > > released with wheezy, unless there is a release-critical bug filed
> > > against the package. The list of all release-critical bugs can be seen
> > > here:
> > >
> > > http://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi?release=wheezy&patch=&pending=&security=ign&wontfix=&upstream=&unreproducible=&forwarded=&claimed=&deferred=¬main=ign¬wheezy=ign&base=&standard=&merged=ign&done=&outdatedwheezy=&outdatedsid=&needmig=&newerubuntu=&fnewer=&fnewerval=7&rc=1&sortby=source&sorto=asc&cpopcon=1&cseverity=1&ctags=1
> > >
> > > If a particular bug (affecting wheezy) that you are aware of is not on
> > > this list, it means that it will be ignored for release purposes, and
> > > the buggy version of the package is going to be released when the time
> > > comes. So, if you are interested in improving the quality of the next
> > > release and have a possibility to run wheezy on some sparc box, please
> > > do so and report the bugs that you find, especially the ones which
> > > make packages unusable.
> > >
> > > The debian-boot team is currently in the process of preparing the
> > > alpha version of wheezy installer which, I expect, will be made
> > > available in the next few days. I would encourage anyone with spare
> > > resources to test this installer and file an installation report (see
> > > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch05s04.html#submit-bug
> > > for instructions). Testing daily/weekly installer builds available at
> > > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ is another excellent way
> > > to make sure that it's working for your hardware.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > --
> > > Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
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> > >
> > >
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