The current linux-next tree fails to boot on parisc. I have seen the same panic on two different systems. 2.6.38-rc5-next-20110218 is ok. 2.6.38-rc8-next-20110311 failed to boot. The backtrace is the same in all cases. Dave -- J. David Anglin dave.anglin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx National Research Council of Canada (613) 990-0752 (FAX: 952-6602) Command line for kernel: ' root=/dev/sda3 console=ttyS0 palo_kernel=1/vmlinux' Selected kernel: /vmlinux from partition 1 Selected ramdisk: /initrd.img from partition 1 ELF64 executable Entry 00100000 first 00100000 n 3 Segment 0 load 00100000 size 4866048 mediaptr 0x1000 Segment 1 load 00611fd0 size 441320 mediaptr 0x4a5fd0 Segment 2 load 00680000 size 323392 mediaptr 0x512000 Loading ramdisk 11915351 bytes @ 3f491000... Branching to kernel entry point 0x00100000. If this is the last message you see, you may need to switch your console. This is a common symptom -- search the FAQ and mailing list at parisc-linux.org [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.38-rc8-next-20110311+ (dave@gsyprf11) (gcc version 4.5.3 20101230 (prerelease) [gcc-4_5-branch revision 168358] (GCC) ) #1 SMP Sun Mar 13 18:59:47 PDT 2011 [ 0.000000] unwind_init: start = 0x404ce000, end = 0x404ff7d0, entries = 12669 [ 0.000000] FP[0] enabled: Rev 1 Model 19 [ 0.000000] The 64-bit Kernel has started... [ 0.000000] bootconsole [ttyB0] enabled [ 0.000000] Initialized PDC Console for debugging. [ 0.000000] Determining PDC firmware type: 64 bit PAT. [ 0.000000] model 00005e30 00000491 00000000 00000001 312b7146 100000f0 00000008 000000b2 000000b2 [ 0.000000] vers 00000203 [ 0.000000] CPUID vers 19 rev 8 (0x00000268) [ 0.000000] capabilities 0x5 [ 0.000000] model 9000/800/A500-7X [ 0.000000] Memory Ranges: [ 0.000000] 0) Start 0x0000000000000000 End 0x00000000efffffff Size 3840 MB [ 0.000000] 1) Start 0x0000000100000000 End 0x00000001ffffffff Size 4096 MB [ 0.000000] 2) Start 0x00000010f0000000 End 0x00000010ffffffff Size 256 MB [ 0.000000] Total Memory: 8192 MB [ 0.000000] initrd: 7f491000-7ffee057 [ 0.000000] initrd: reserving 3f491000-3ffee057 (mem_max 200000000) [ 0.000000] PERCPU: Embedded 10 pages/cpu @0000000044abe000 s12096 r8192 d20672 u40960 [ 0.000000] SMP: bootstrap CPU ID is 0 [ 0.000000] Built 3 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 2068480 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3 console=ttyS0 palo_kernel=1/vmlinux [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 1048576 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes) [ 0.000000] Memory: 8226048k/8388608k available (3261k kernel code, 162560k reserved, 1440k data, 316k init) [ 0.000000] virtual kernel memory layout: [ 0.000000] vmalloc : 0x0000000000008000 - 0x000000003f000000 (1007 MB) [ 0.000000] memory : 0x0000000040000000 - 0x0000001140000000 (69632 MB) [ 0.000000] .init : 0x0000000040680000 - 0x00000000406cf000 ( 316 kB) [ 0.000000] .data : 0x000000004042f560 - 0x00000000405977a0 (1440 kB) [ 0.000000] .text : 0x0000000040100000 - 0x000000004042f560 (3261 kB) [ 0.000000] Hierarchical RCU implementation. [ 0.000000] RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs is disabled. [ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:128 [ 0.000000] Console: colour dummy device 160x64 [ 0.000000] Calibrating delay loop... 1495.04 BogoMIPS (lpj=2990080) [ 0.224000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 [ 0.224000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 256 [ 0.272000] Initializing cgroup subsys ns [ 0.276000] ns_cgroup deprecated: consider using the 'clone_children' flag without the ns_cgroup. [ 0.412000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct [ 0.552000] Initializing cgroup subsys devices [ 0.552000] Brought up 1 CPUs [ 0.556000] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [ 0.692000] EISA bus registered [ 0.692000] Searching for devices... [ 0.964000] Found devices: [ 0.964000] 1. Crescendo 750 W2 at 0xfffffffffffa0000 [160] { 0, 0x0, 0x5e3, 0x00004 } [ 0.968000] 2. Crescendo 750 W2 at 0xfffffffffffa2000 [162] { 0, 0x0, 0x5e3, 0x00004 } [ 0.968000] 3. Memory at 0xfffffffffed08000 [8] { 1, 0x0, 0x09b, 0x00009 } [ 1.108000] 4. Astro BC Runway Port at 0xfffffffffed00000 [0] { 12, 0x0, 0x582, 0x0000b } [ 1.248000] 5. Elroy PCI Bridge at 0xfffffffffed30000 [0/0] { 13, 0x0, 0x782, 0x0000a } [ 1.388000] 6. Elroy PCI Bridge at 0xfffffffffed34000 [0/2] { 13, 0x0, 0x782, 0x0000a } [ 1.528000] 7. Elroy PCI Bridge at 0xfffffffffed38000 [0/4] { 13, 0x0, 0x782, 0x0000a } [ 1.528000] 8. Elroy PCI Bridge at 0xfffffffffed3c000 [0/6] { 13, 0x0, 0x782, 0x0000a } [ 1.668000] Enabling PDC_PAT chass ********** VIRTUAL FRONT PANEL ********** System Boot detected ***************************************** LEDs: RUN ATTENTION FAULT REMOTE POWER ON FLASH OFF ON ON LED State: There was a system interruption that did not take the system down. Check Chassis and Console Logs for error messages. processor system initialization 1C00 ***************************************** ************ EARLY BOOT VFP ************* End of early boot detected ***************************************** [ 3.168000] Freeing initrd memory: 11636k freed [ 3.176000] Chassis warnings not supported. [ 3.176000] Performance monitoring counters enabled for Crescendo 750 W2 [ 3.180000] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) [ 3.180000] type=2000 audit(1300143168.900:1): initialized [ 3.192000] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2 [ 3.192000] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes) [ 3.200000] msgmni has been set to 16089 [ 3.200000] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253) [ 3.204000] io scheduler noop registered [ 3.204000] io scheduler deadline registered [ 3.212000] io scheduler cfq registered (default) [ 3.216000] PDC Stable Storage facility v0.30 [ 3.768000] STI GSC/PCI core graphics driver Version 0.9a [ 3.768000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [ 3.768000] serial 0000:00:04.1: enabling device (0142 -> 0143) [ 3.792000] 0000:00:04.1: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xfffffffff8000000 (irq = 70) is a 16550A [ 3.792000] console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled [ 3.792000] console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled [ 3.792000] 0000:00:04.1: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xfffffffff8000008 (irq = 70) is a 16450 [ 3.832000] 0000:00:04.1: ttyS2 at MMIO 0xfffffffff8000010 (irq = 70) is a 16550A [ 3.972000] 0000:00:04.1: ttyS3 at MMIO 0xfffffffff8000030 (irq = 70) is a 16550A [ 4.096000] Couldn't register serial port 0000:00:04.1: -28 [ 4.112000] brd: module loaded [ 4.112000] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [ 4.248000] rtc-generic rtc-generic: rtc core: registered rtc-generic as rtc0 [ 4.400000] TCP cubic registered [ 4.400000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [ 4.400000] Registering the dns_resolver key type [ 4.548000] registered taskstats version 1 [ 4.552000] rtc-generic rtc-generic: setting syste ********** VIRTUAL FRONT PANEL ********** System Boot detected ***************************************** LEDs: RUN ATTENTION FAULT REMOTE POWER ON FLASH OFF ON ON LED State: There was a system interruption that did not take the system down. Check Chassis and Console Logs for error messages. processor system initialization 1C00 ***************************************** ************ EARLY BOOT VFP ************* End of early boot detected ***************************************** [ 5.468000] Backtrace: [ 5.468000] [<00000000402de880>] string.clone.2+0x50/0xe8 [ 5.468000] [<00000000402df6ac>] vsnprintf+0x23c/0x450 [ 5.468000] [<00000000402d7a84>] add_uevent_var+0x94/0x110 [ 5.468000] [<0000000040359690>] dev_uevent+0x138/0x1e0 [ 5.580000] [<00000000402d7de4>] kobject_uevent_env+0x23c/0x640 [ 5.580000] [<00000000402d81fc>] kobject_uevent+0x14/0x20 [ 5.732000] [<0000000040357f3c>] store_uevent+0x4c/0x88 [ 5.748000] [<0000000040356e68>] dev_attr_store+0x28/0x38 [ 5.880000] [<000000004027ecf4>] sysfs_write_file+0x124/0x190 [ 6.032000] [<0000000040206c68>] vfs_write+0xa8/0x188 [ 6.032000] [<0000000040206fd0>] sys_write+0x60/0xa0 [ 6.108000] [<0000000040105034>] syscall_exit+0x0/0x14 [ 6.180000] [ 6.180000] [ 6.180000] Bad Address (null pointer deref?): Code=15 regs=000000012c988940 (Addr=000006c000000000) [ 6.332000] [ 6.332000] YZrvWESTHLNXBCVMcbcbcbcbOGFRQPDI [ 6.480000] PSW: 00001000000001001111111000001111 Not tainted [ 6.480000] r00-03 000000ff0804fe0f 000000004067ced0 00000000402de880 000000012c9d3145 [ 6.632000] r04-07 000000004065eed0 000000012c9d3904 0009cec000000000 0000000000000000 [ 6.784000] r08-11 ffffffffffffffff 00000000000007c6 0000000000000025 0000000000000020 [ 6.908000] r12-15 00000000404938cf 000000012c988798 0000000000000011 000000012c9d3145 [ 6.932000] r16-19 0000000000000002 000000000000006c 000000000000007a 00000000402df57c [ 7.084000] r20-23 00000000402df688 000000000000ffff 000000000000ffff 0000000000000000 [ 7.232000] r24-27 0009cec000000000 ffffffffffffffff 0009cec000000000 000000004065eed0 [ 7.384000] r28-31 0009cec000000000 000000012c988910 000000012c988940 0000000000000004 [ 7.384000] sr00-03 0000000000017000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000017000 [ 7.532000] sr04-07 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 7.684000] [ 7.684000] IASQ: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 IAOQ: 00000000402dc7e0 00000000402dc7e4 [ 7.836000] IIR: 0f80101f ISR: 000000000009c800 IOR: 000006c000000000 [ 7.836000] CPU: 1 CR30: 000000012c988000 CR31: ffef7dfff7fdffff [ 7.988000] ORIG_R28: 000000012c988af0 [ 7.988000] IAOQ[0]: strnlen+0x10/0x28 [ 8.136000] IAOQ[1]: strnlen+0x14/0x28 [ 8.136000] RP(r2): string.clone.2+0x50/0xe8 [ 8.288000] Backtrace: [ 8.288000] [<00000000402de880>] string.clone.2+0x50/0xe8 [ 8.288000] [<00000000402df6ac>] vsnprintf+0x23c/0x450 [ 8.436000] [<00000000402d7a84>] add_uevent_var+0x94/0x110 [ 8.436000] [<0000000040359690>] dev_uevent+0x138/0x1e0 [ 8.588000] [<00000000402d7de4>] kobject_uevent_env+0x23c/0x640 [ 8.588000] [<00000000402d81fc>] kobject_uevent+0x14/0x20 [ 8.740000] [<0000000040357f3c>] store_uevent+0x4c/0x88 [ 8.740000] [<0000000040356e68>] dev_attr_store+0x28/0x38 [ 8.888000] [<000000004027ecf4>] sysfs_write_file+0x124/0x190 [ 8.888000] [<0000000040206c68>] vfs_write+0xa8/0x188 [ 9.040000] [<0000000040206fd0>] sys_write+0x60/0xa0 [ 9.040000] [<0000000040105034>] syscall_exit+0x0/0x14 [ 9.192000] [ 9.192000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Bad Address (null pointer deref?) [ 9.344000] Backtrace: [ 9.344000] [<00000000401169d8>] dump_stack+0x18/0x28 [ 9.344000] [<0000000040116abc>] panic+0xd4/0x350 [ 9.492000] [<000000004011e6a0>] parisc_terminate+0x168/0x170 [ 9.492000] [<000000004011c63c>] do_page_fault+0x314/0x370 [ 9.644000] [<000000004011ed9c>] handle_interruption+0x6f4/0x718 [ 9. ********** VIRTUAL FRONT PANEL ********** System Boot detected ***************************************** LEDs: RUN ATTENTION FAULT REMOTE POWER ON FLASH FLASH ON ON LED State: System Running. Unexpected Reboot. Non-critical Error Detected. Check Chassis and Console Logs for error messages. processor system panic 1B00 ***************************************** ************ EARLY BOOT VFP ************* End of early boot detected ***************************************** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html