Following the form: [1.] PROBLEM: Kernel Oops 10% of diskless boots [2.] When booting a diskless workstation (etherboot) the boot will fail with an Oops, roughly 10% of the time. This has remained the failure rate for quite some time. The included Oops if from 2.4.0-test12-pre4. Similar crashing is seen with Intel, as well as AMD (below). Maybe something is uninitialized in the case of root on NFS??? [3.] diskless boot oops nfsroot [4.] 2.4.0-test12 (pre4) [5.] Kernel command line: auto rw root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=/diskless/%s console=ttyS0,9600 ramdisk _size=6144 ip=192.168.15.82:192.168.15.55:192.168.15.1:255.255.255.0: Initializing CPU#0 Detected 901.614 MHz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 1795.69 BogoMIPS Memory: 123820k/131008k available (1872k kernel code, 6800k reserved, 136k data, 220k init , 0k highmem) Dentry-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Page-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 0183f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000, vendor = 2 CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line) CPU: After vendor init, caps: 0183f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000 CPU: After generic, caps: 0183f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000 CPU: Common caps: 0183f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping 02 Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb260, last bus=1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: c1236000 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0002 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[<c1236000>] EFLAGS: 00010246 eax: 00000000 ebx: c1236000 ecx: 00236000 edx: 0000003c esi: c1236264 edi: c1236284 ebp: 00000000 esp: c123dcb8 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process swapper (pid: 1, stackpage=c123d000) Stack: c1236000 c123dfa4 00000600 c030f819 c1236000 00000000 00000000 c123dd20 03051106 c030f884 c123dd20 00000000 c123dd20 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 c12374c0 00000000 c030f900 c123dd20 c12374c0 c02d5fc4 c0105000 Call Trace: [<c0105000>] [<c02649a8>] [<c01070df>] [<c0107517>] Code: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 74 23 c1 Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! >>EIP; c1236000 <_end+ed6f6c/84a2f6c> <===== Trace; c0105000 <empty_bad_page+0/1000> Trace; c02649a8 <call_spurious_interrupt+2310/28a0> Trace; c01070df <init+7/158> Trace; c0107517 <kernel_thread+23/30> Code; c1236000 <_end+ed6f6c/84a2f6c> <===== 00000000 <_EIP>: <===== Code; c1236010 <_end+ed6f7c/84a2f6c> 10: c0 (bad) Code; c1236011 <_end+ed6f7d/84a2f6c> 11: 74 23 je 36 <_EIP+0x36> c1236036 <_end+ed6fa2/84a2f6c> Code; c1236013 <_end+ed6f7f/84a2f6c> 13: c1 00 00 roll $0x0,(%eax) [7.1] Linux linux82.integrity.com 2.4.0-test12-diskless #2 Mon Dec 4 12:03:22 MST 2000 i686 unknown Kernel modules found Gnu C 2.96 Binutils 2.10.0.18 Linux C Library .. ldd: missing file arguments Try `ldd --help' for more information. ls: /usr/lib/libg++.so: No such file or directory Procps 2.0.7 Mount 2.10m Net-tools (2000-05-21) Kbd [option...] Sh-utils 2.0 Sh-utils Parker. Sh-utils Sh-utils Inc. Sh-utils NO Sh-utils PURPOSE. [7.2] processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 4 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 901.000607 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes features : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 1795.69 [7.3] via82cxxx_audio 15864 0 (unused) soundcore 4004 2 [via82cxxx_audio] ac97_codec 7972 0 [via82cxxx_audio] [7.4] 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 4000-40ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] 5000-500f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] d000-d00f : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE d000-d007 : ide0 d008-d00f : ide1 d400-d41f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB d400-d41f : usb-uhci d800-d81f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (#2) d800-d81f : usb-uhci dc00-dcff : VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio Controller dc00-dcff : via82cxxx e000-e003 : VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio Controller e400-e403 : VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio Controller ec00-ec3f : Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] ec00-ec3f : eepro100 00000000-0009fbff : System RAM 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM 000c8000-000cbfff : Extension ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-07feffff : System RAM 00100000-002d43d7 : Kernel code 002d43d8-002f67a3 : Kernel data 07ff0000-07ff2fff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage 07ff3000-07ffffff : ACPI Tables d0000000-d3ffffff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] d4000000-d5ffffff : PCI Bus #01 d4000000-d5ffffff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP d6000000-d8ffffff : PCI Bus #01 d6000000-d6003fff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP d7000000-d77fffff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP da000000-da0fffff : Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] da100000-da100fff : Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] da100000-da100fff : eepro100 ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved [7.5] 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0305 (rev 02) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW+ Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 8305 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff Memory behind bridge: d6000000-d8ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d4000000-d5ffffff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev 22) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686/A PCI to ISA Bridge Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 10) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 Region 4: I/O ports at d000 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 5 Region 4: I/O ports at d400 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 5 Region 4: I/O ports at d800 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30) Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] (rev 20) Subsystem: Micro-star International Co Ltd: Unknown device 3400 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256] Region 1: I/O ports at e000 [size=4] Region 2: I/O ports at e400 [size=4] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) Subsystem: Intel Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100+ Management Adapter Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at da100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Region 1: I/O ports at ec00 [size=64] Region 2: Memory at da000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=1M] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable+ DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G400 16Mb SGRAM Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 8000ns max), cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Region 1: Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 2: Memory at d7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [f0] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=31 SBA+ AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1
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