when starting 3.0.4 on a V880 a non fatal oops happens when loading i2c stuff. Proably there is a problem with i2c on the machine, as the rsc "env" cmd shows "E880_FSP: ERROR getting FP stats ---> 9" errors. An old 2.6.26-2-sparc64-smp (Debian 2.6.26-26lenny2) kernel produces no oops. Any ideas ? Thanks and greetings, Hermann Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: i2c-0: Regs at 000007fc7e00002e, 8 devices, own a0, clock 10. Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: bbc_i2c: probe of f00bbb00 failed with error -22 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: i2c-0: Regs at 000007fc7e50002e, 3 devices, own a0, clock 10. Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 000000000000028b Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8a0fb15c000 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: \|/ ____ \|/ Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: "@'/ .. \`@" Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: /_| \__/ |_\ Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: \__U_/ Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: modprobe(886): Oops [#1] Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: TSTATE: 0000004411001603 TPC: 00000000100fa864 TNPC: 00000000100fa868 Y: 00000000 Not tainted Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: TPC: <bbc_envctrl_init+0xf0/0x32c [bbc]> Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: g0: 000000000088b22c g1: 0000000000000000 g2: 00000000100fbae8 g3: fffff8a0fd9b8800 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: g4: fffff8a0fd9080e0 g5: fffff8a002512000 g6: fffff8a0fb59c000 g7: 0000000000000000 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: o0: fffff8a0fb429060 o1: 0000000000000000 o2: 0000000000000009 o3: 00000000007fa208 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: o4: 0000000000000001 o5: 0000000000000000 sp: fffff8a0fb59ef91 ret_pc: 00000000100fa814 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: RPC: <bbc_envctrl_init+0xa0/0x32c [bbc]> Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: l0: fffff8a0fb4290a0 l1: 0000000000000001 l2: 0000000000000000 l3: fffff8a0fd9b8800 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: l4: 0000000000000001 l5: 00000000100fbaf8 l6: 00000000100fbae8 l7: 0000000000000001 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: i0: fffff8a0fd8296c0 i1: 0000000000890300 i2: 00000000000080d0 i3: 00000000100fb730 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: i4: 00000000100fb73c i5: 0000000000000025 i6: fffff8a0fb59f061 i7: 00000000100fb41c Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: I7: <bbc_i2c_probe+0x1a0/0x258 [bbc]> Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Call Trace: Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [00000000100fb41c] bbc_i2c_probe+0x1a0/0x258 [bbc] Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [00000000005ecc9c] platform_drv_probe+0xc/0x20 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [00000000005ebc0c] driver_probe_device+0xa8/0x158 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [00000000005ebd10] __driver_attach+0x54/0x80 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [00000000005eb444] bus_for_each_dev+0x3c/0x84 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [00000000005ead2c] bus_add_driver+0x9c/0x238 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [00000000005ec124] driver_register+0xb8/0x168 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [0000000000426b28] do_one_initcall+0x68/0x140 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [0000000000484a84] SyS_init_module+0x68/0x1a4 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: [0000000000406154] linux_sparc_syscall32+0x34/0x40 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[00000000100fb41c]: bbc_i2c_probe+0x1a0/0x258 [bbc] Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[00000000005ecc9c]: platform_drv_probe+0xc/0x20 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[00000000005ebc0c]: driver_probe_device+0xa8/0x158 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[00000000005ebd10]: __driver_attach+0x54/0x80 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[00000000005eb444]: bus_for_each_dev+0x3c/0x84 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[00000000005ead2c]: bus_add_driver+0x9c/0x238 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[00000000005ec124]: driver_register+0xb8/0x168 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[0000000000426b28]: do_one_initcall+0x68/0x140 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[0000000000484a84]: SyS_init_module+0x68/0x1a4 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[0000000000406154]: linux_sparc_syscall32+0x34/0x40 Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Caller[0000000000013ccc]: 0x13ccc Oct 14 16:22:15 abacus kernel: Instruction DUMP: ec742018 c2758000 c25e2048 <e0706008> c2740000 c25fa7ef c2742008 e0762048 7ffffeca Oct 14 16:22:16 abacus kernel: gem 0002:00:01.1: eth1: switching to forced 100bt Oct 14 16:22:16 abacus kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10 Oct 14 16:22:16 abacus kernel: sshd (1324): /proc/1324/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/1324/oom_score_adj instead. Oct 14 16:22:23 abacus kernel: gem 0002:00:01.1: eth1: switching to forced 10bt Oct 14 16:22:44 abacus kernel: gem 0002:00:01.1: eth1: switching to forced 100bt -- Netzwerkadministration/Zentrale Dienste, Interdiziplinaeres Zentrum fuer wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universitaet Heidelberg IWR; INF 368; 69120 Heidelberg; Tel: (06221)54-8236 Fax: -5224 Email: Hermann.Lauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html