My ppc64 box refuses to boot with 2.6.14-rc1. The console log is included below. I see a lot of repeat of the last message in the log and then the box hangs. Any idea what might have caused this ? Thanks Dipankar sym0: <1010-66> rev 0x1 at pci 0001:01:01.0 irq 115 sym0: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-80, LVD, parity checking sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi0 : sym-2.2.1 target0:0:8: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s ST (25 ns, offset 31) Vendor: IBM Model: IC35L036UCDY10-0 Rev: S25M Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 target0:0:8: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16. target0:0:8: Beginning Domain Validation target0:0:8: asynchronous. target0:0:8: wide asynchronous. target0:0:8: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT IU QAS (12.5 ns, offset 31) sym0: unexpected disconnect target0:0:8: Write Buffer failure 700ff target0:0:8: Domain Validation Disabing Information Units target0:0:8: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 31) sym0: unexpected disconnect target0:0:8: Write Buffer failure 700ff target0:0:8: Domain Validation detected failure, dropping back target0:0:8: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:8: Ending Domain Validation target0:0:9: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s ST (25 ns, offset 31) Vendor: IBM Model: IC35L036UCDY10-0 Rev: S25M Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 target0:0:9: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16. target0:0:9: Beginning Domain Validation target0:0:9: asynchronous. target0:0:9: wide asynchronous. target0:0:9: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT IU QAS (12.5 ns, offset 31) sym0: unexpected disconnect target0:0:9: Write Buffer failure 700ff target0:0:9: Domain Validation Disabing Information Units target0:0:9: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 31) sym0: unexpected disconnect target0:0:9: Write Buffer failure 700ff target0:0:9: Domain Validation detected failure, dropping back target0:0:9: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:9: Ending Domain Validation target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s ST (25 ns, offset 31) Vendor: IBM Model: IC35L036UCDY10-0 Rev: S25M Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 target0:0:10: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16. target0:0:10: Beginning Domain Validation target0:0:10: asynchronous. target0:0:10: wide asynchronous. target0:0:10: Domain Validation skipping write tests target0:0:10: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT IU QAS (12.5 ns, offset 31) sym0: unexpected disconnect target0:0:10: Domain Validation Disabing Information Units target0:0:10: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 31) sym0: unexpected disconnect target0:0:10: Domain Validation detected failure, dropping back target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:10: Ending Domain Validation Vendor: IBM Model: HSBPM2 PU2SCSI Rev: 0016 Type: Enclosure ANSI SCSI revision: 02 target0:0:14: Beginning Domain Validation 0:0:14:0: phase change 6-7 9@100503a8 resid=7. 0:0:14:0: phase change 6-7 9@100503a8 resid=7. 0:0:14:0: phase change 6-7 9@100503a8 resid=7. 0:0:14:0: phase change 6-7 9@100503a8 resid=7. target0:0:14: Ending Domain Validation Vendor: IBM Model: HSBPD4M PU3SCSI Rev: 0016 Type: Enclosure ANSI SCSI revision: 02 target0:0:15: Beginning Domain Validation 0:0:15:0: phase change 6-7 9@100503a8 resid=7. 0:0:15:0: phase change 6-7 9@100503a8 resid=7. 0:0:15:0: phase change 6-7 9@100503a8 resid=7. 0:0:15:0: phase change 6-7 9@100503a8 resid=7. target0:0:15: Ending Domain Validation sym1: <1010-66> rev 0x1 at pci 0001:01:01.1 irq 116 sym1: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-80, LVD, parity checking sym1: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi1 : sym-2.2.1 sym2: <1010-66> rev 0x1 at pci 0001:41:01.0 irq 119 sym2: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-80, LVD, parity checking sym2: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi2 : sym-2.2.1 sym3: <1010-66> rev 0x1 at pci 0001:41:01.1 irq 120 sym3: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-80, LVD, parity checking sym3: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi3 : sym-2.2.1 st: Version 20050830, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256 SCSI device sda: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through SCSI device sda: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 > Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 8, lun 0 SCSI device sdb: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write through SCSI device sdb: 71096640 512-byte hdwr sectors (36401 MB) SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write through sdb: sdb1 sdb2 Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 9, lun 0 target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) sdc: Spinning up disk....<6> target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 ns, offset 31) target0:0:10: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s DT (25 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