Bug 5487
| Summary: | Boot fails with BIOS memory remapping enabled on an Adaptec SCSI system with Asus A8V and 4GB of RAM | ||
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| Product: | Memory Management | Reporter: | Siegbert Baude (siegbert.baude) |
| Component: | Other | Assignee: | Diego Calleja (diegocg) |
| Status: | REJECTED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | high | ||
| Priority: | P2 | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Kernel Version: | 2.6.13.4 | Subsystem: | |
| Regression: | --- | Bisected commit-id: | |
You reported the same bug three times! |
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: unknown Distribution: SUSE 9.2 Hardware Environment: Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36 <Adaptec 19160B Ultra160 SCSI adapter> Asus A8V (newest BIOS) with 4GB of Crucial RAM MAXTOR Model: ATLAS10K4_36WLS Rev: DFV0 Radeon 7000 Software Environment: Kernel build done on Suse 9.2: Linux albatross 2.6.8-24.18-default #1 Fri Aug 19 11:56:28 UTC 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Gnu C 3.3.4 Gnu make 3.80 binutils 2.15.91.0.2 util-linux 2.12c mount 2.12c module-init-tools 3.1-pre5 e2fsprogs 1.35 jfsutils 1.1.7 reiserfsprogs 3.6.18 reiser4progs line xfsprogs 2.6.13 quota-tools 3.11. nfs-utils 1.0.6 Linux C Library 02 04:13 /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.3 Linux C++ Library 5.0.7 Procps 3.2.3 Net-tools 1.60 Kbd 1.12 Sh-utils 5.2.1 udev 030 Problem Description: The above system boots fine with the BIOS memory remapping option disabled. The boot log of this case is attached as "2.6.13.4_without_remapping.txt". If I however enable BIOS memory remapping to make full use of the 4GB RAM, the boot fails within the scsi driver routines. This boot log is attached as "2.6.13.4_with_remapping.txt". The kernel I used for this test is a quite minimalistic, static (i.e. without modules) vanilla kernel; its config file is attached as "config-2.6.13.4". I also tried to boot with the newest SUSE 10.0 CD in rescue mode, which uses a kernel with modules. The result is mostly the same. I attached the boot log with disabled BIOS memory remapping as "SUSE-10.0-RESCUE-2.6.13-15_without_remapping.txt" the log with enabled BIOS memory remapping as "SUSE-10.0-RESCUE-2.6.13-15_with_remapping.txt". The last one was caught in a loop, so I rebooted by SysRq. On the SUSE AMD64 mailing list there was a report of a success with the A8V (same BIOS), 4GB of RAM and BIOS memory remapping enabled, where the only apparent difference seemed to be, that this was an IDE system, whereas mine is a SCSI one. As booting always fails in the scsi part, I suspect an error in the aic7xxx driver. Steps to reproduce: Boot any recent kernel on a machine with an Adaptec 19160B, Asus A8V and 4GB of RAM.