Bug#678236: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Disk IO error when running debian 6.0.x with buslogic virtual disk and 4G+ mem in a VMware VM

2012-06-26 Thread Peter Cao
Hi Ben, I just tried Debian 6.0.2 i386. The installer also chooses amd64 kernel instead of i686-bigmem kernel When I install a VM with 6G memory. I guess bug 622622 was only fixed in CD image, but not the DVD image. I have found both amd64 and i686-bigmem kernel are in the first DVD ISO image.

Bug#678236: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Disk IO error when running debian 6.0.x with buslogic virtual disk and 4G+ mem in a VMware VM

2012-06-21 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2012-06-21 at 01:28 -0700, Peter Cao wrote: Hi Ben, - Original Message - From: Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk To: Peter Cao pengzhen...@vmware.com, 678...@bugs.debian.org Cc: chunmei(Tracy) Huang cmhu...@vmware.com, Arvind Kumar arku...@vmware.com Sent: Thursday,

Bug#678236: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Disk IO error when running debian 6.0.x with buslogic virtual disk and 4G+ mem in a VMware VM

2012-06-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 23:37 -0700, Peter Cao wrote: Subject: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Disk IO error when running debian 6.0.x with buslogic virtual disk and 4G+ mem in a VMware VM Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-45 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line ***

Bug#678236: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Disk IO error when running debian 6.0.x with buslogic virtual disk and 4G+ mem in a VMware VM

2012-06-20 Thread Peter Cao
Hi Ben, The disk became read-only when the error happens so the log was not saved. But I have a screenshot for the error msg: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=debian-605-32bit-buslogic-6Gmem-IO_error.png;att=2;bug=678236 We have not see any error with PVSCSI adapter so

Bug#678236: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Disk IO error when running debian 6.0.x with buslogic virtual disk and 4G+ mem in a VMware VM

2012-06-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 19:17 -0700, Peter Cao wrote: Hi Ben, The disk became read-only when the error happens so the log was not saved. But I have a screenshot for the error msg:

Bug#678236: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Disk IO error when running debian 6.0.x with buslogic virtual disk and 4G+ mem in a VMware VM

2012-06-20 Thread Peter Cao
Hi Ben, We have not seen similar issue with other linux distributions and with debian amd64 distribution My guess is that there is some flaw with the high memory management(=4G in 32bit mode) either or both in Buslogic driver and debian kernel. Debian uses amd64 kernel for 4G memory in 32bit

Bug#678236: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Disk IO error when running debian 6.0.x with buslogic virtual disk and 4G+ mem in a VMware VM

2012-06-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 20:38 -0700, Peter Cao wrote: Hi Ben, We have not seen similar issue with other linux distributions and with debian amd64 distribution My guess is that there is some flaw with the high memory management(=4G in 32bit mode) either or both in Buslogic driver and debian