On Friday 27 June 2008 02:36, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > Wojtek Pilorz wrote: > >> After yum upgrade, the new CentOS5 kernel [ > >> kernel-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5.i686 ] crashes each time early in boot > >> process on Compaq ProLiant 3000 > >> with dual Pentium3 CPU (600 MHz, CPU0: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) > >> stepping 03, CPU1 the same). > >> > >> I get kernel panic at powernowk8_init+0x05e/0x1c3. > >> > >> The previous kernel [ kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.el5.i686 ] seems to work > >> fine. > >> > >> I am wondering if anyone has met this on PIII CPU ? > >> > >> I have found 99.9% identical problem on > >> http://www.nabble.com/net-5501-and-RHEL5.2-td18024549.html > >> > >> (only esp and task slightly different from what I have seen on screen > >> after crash, > >> all other registers, call trace, code bytes identical to my case) , > >> but that was on a different CPU. > >> > >> On the other hand, I run CentOS upgraded to 5.2 on a home PC with PIII > >> (single CPU, > >> Abit motherboard with i440BX chipset) with no problem. > >> > >> Is it normal, that powernowk8_init gets called on PIII CPU? > > > > We have created a new test kernel that has an upstream patch to fix this > > issue, please test this and see if it fixes your issues: > > > > http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/kernel/5/bz443853/ > > I have heard off list that this kernel does solve the problem with > powernow-k8. > > As always though, this kernel will be available to people with the > problem (at the above link), however we won't officially release it as a > replacement until it is in an upstream kernel and released into the tree > by them. > > This is even worse because it renders the install media worthless on > these machines, and I am sorry, but upstream needs to initiate things in > the main tree. I have an Athlon 64 X2 4200+, and that hit the powernow-k8 problem too. I installed your test kernel which has cured it. Thanks Anne _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos