On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:39:57PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 06:11:47PM -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > On Wed, 2015-09-16 at 12:08 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > Hi, folks! > > > > > > We've found an issue in Fedora 23 Beta testing which seems to affect > > > AMD CPUs when booting the 32-bit images: > > > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263762 > > > > > > unfortunately, so far all those who've tested have only had 64-bit > > > CPUs. So we know there's a problem booting the 32-bit images on some > > > 64-bit AMD CPUs, but we don't know yet if there's a problem booting > > > the 32-bit images on 32-bit AMD CPUs, which is obviously the main > > > reason we still keep the 32-bit images around (people with 64-bit > > > CPUs > > > can just use the 64-bit images). > > > > > > One additional request: it's unclear right now (and we don't have > > available hardware to test) if there is also a failure happening on 64- > > bit AMD systems that are running on i686 Fedora. > > > > If someone out there has access to hardware that hits BZ #1263762, > > would you please try installing Fedora 22 i686, updating to all the > > latest stable packages, plus dnf-plugin-system-upgrade from updates- > > testing and then do an upgrade using the supported mechanism[1] and > > verify whether A) the upgrade runs or aborts, leaving F22 present and > > B) if it completes the upgrade, is the system bootable and runnable. > > > > This will help us figure out how serious to rate this issue. (For new > > installs, we can probably advocate simply using the 64-bit media; for > > existing installs, irrecoverably breaking on upgrade could be a show- > > stopper). > > > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade > > FYI, using the f23 alpha iso: > Fedora-Server-DVD-i386-23_Alpha.isoFedora-Server-DVD-i386-23_Alpha.iso > > gives a panic message that looks very much like the one shown in > Bugzilla. > > This is on an AMD FX6300 six-core processor. > > If this hits the thing you wanted to know about, and if you need any > more info, you need only ask. > > Fred PS: I also have a really old Thunderbird-family 1.0 GHz Athlon and motherboard. Do any of you think that would be worthwhile to test this 32-bit issue? or is it too ancient? If so, I can set it up on a tabletop with some components, tomorrow, and see what happens... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge ----------------------------- -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
