Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs

2007-09-18 Thread Jonathan Rivera
I try the latest build (18-sep-2007) of the d-i and start it with -p, it crashes with the same error that Bernd Zeimetz said. ERROR(0): Cheetah error trap taken afsr[1000] afar[040001c0] TL1(0) ERROR(0): TPC[4377f4] TNPC[4377f8] O7[4379d0] TSTATE[80001606] ERROR(0):

Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs

2007-09-17 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
{I'm adding the former CCs to the mail again, this info should be included in the bug report and on -boot} Hi, Also I'm pretty sure that non-smp kernels just don't work on the machine. As far as I understand the way those machines work is that at least two CPUs have to be in an operating

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2007-09-13 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 440720 linux-2.6 Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs Bug reassigned from package `debian-installer' to `linux-2.6'. found 440720 2.6.21-6 Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs Bug

Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs

2007-09-13 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Hi, Looks like we need to discuss the available options for this problem. Other issue is to know if current snapshots of 2.6.23 does work or not on this hardware. Bernd, can you test lastest 2.6.23 snapshot and see if it works? Check at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel for more

Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs

2007-09-13 Thread Otavio Salvador
Bernd Zeimetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Looks like we need to discuss the available options for this problem. Other issue is to know if current snapshots of 2.6.23 does work or not on this hardware. Bernd, can you test lastest 2.6.23 snapshot and see if it works? Check at

Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs

2007-09-13 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Hi, Bernd, can you test lastest 2.6.23 snapshot and see if it works? Check at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel for more information where to find them. I've installed the machine using a 2.6.23-rc5 _smp_ kernel, all older non-smp kernels failed to boot, and as Ihad to build my own

Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs

2007-09-13 Thread Richard Mortimer
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 22:30 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: Well, I've tried to boot a non-SMP kernel (2.6.23-rc5) a few minutes ago (... and I had to power-cycle it, it is running selftests now), and the machine froze after Remapping the kernel... done. OF stdout device is: /[EMAIL

Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs

2007-09-13 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Richard Mortimer wrote: On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 22:30 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: Well, I've tried to boot a non-SMP kernel (2.6.23-rc5) a few minutes ago (... and I had to power-cycle it, it is running selftests now), and the machine froze after Remapping the kernel... done. OF stdout

Bug#440720: [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
reassign 440720 debian-installer retitle 440720 [SPARC]: non-SMP kernel fail on SunFIres with = 2 CPUs thanks After a lot of testing the I didn't manage to find a single non-SMP kernel which would boot on a SunFire v880. As google finds several reports of failed installs on SunFire machines with