Bug#509202: Broken kernel

2010-04-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 15:33 +0100, Pieter De Baets wrote: > I can confirm this problem on a Sun Fire V890 when running the install with > install console=ttya,9600n8 > > Attached is the output of the installer. David Miller thinks this is due to a bug in mapping of 'sparse' RAM on 64-bit SPARC s

Bug#509202: Broken kernel

2010-03-22 Thread Pieter De Baets
I can confirm this problem on a Sun Fire V890 when running the install with install console=ttya,9600n8 Attached is the output of the installer. [0.00] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.30.4 2009/08/19 07:21' [0.00] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: [0.00] Initializing cgr

Bug#509202: Broken kernel

2010-03-03 Thread Blake Self
I have been using a custom kernel so I cannot say how the debian kernel works. My friend Brad took a look at a similar (possibly the same) issue on his blade 2500. He has a working boot.img and additional information online at http://www.grsecurity.net/~spender/new_sparc_netinstall/ Hopefully th

Bug#509202: Broken kernel

2010-03-03 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
tags 509202 moreinfo thanks On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 03:44:31PM +0100, Adrian Knoth wrote: > Hi! > > I've installed the machine with debootstrap and the help of the Gentoo > 2008.0 live CD. > > When trying to boot the debian sparc kernels > > linux-image-2.6.26-1-sparc64(-smp) > > from hard

Bug#509202: Broken kernel

2009-01-07 Thread Adrian Knoth
Hi! I've installed the machine with debootstrap and the help of the Gentoo 2008.0 live CD. When trying to boot the debian sparc kernels linux-image-2.6.26-1-sparc64(-smp) from harddisk, the machine freezes very early, probably around [0.00] [00036f10-f8b00a80] page_