Here is console output from an earlier trial (with the 2.6.24 kernel)
showing the boot failure, some diagnostic output, and the subsequent
successful boot of my 2.6.22 kernel.
Hoping this is useful,
-Scott
P00>>>boot -fl 1
Initializing...
SROM V3.0 on cpu0
SROM V3.0 on cpu1
SROM V3.0 on cpu2
XSROM V6.0 on cpu1
XSROM V6.0 on cpu0
XSROM V6.0 on cpu2
BCache testing complete on cpu0
BCache testing complete on cpu2
BCache testing complete on cpu1
mem_pair0 - 2048 MB
mem_pair1 - 1024 MB
mem_pair2 - 1024 MB
20..20..20..21..21..21..23..
please wait 80 seconds for T24 to complete
24..24..24..
Memory testing complete on cpu2
Memory testing complete on cpu0
Memory testing complete on cpu1
starting console on CPU 0
sizing memory
0 2048 MB EDO
1 1024 MB EDO
2 1024 MB EDO
starting console on CPU 1
starting console on CPU 2
probing IOD1 hose 1
bus 0 slot 1 - NCR 53C810
bus 0 slot 2 - PCI-PCI Bridge
probing PCI-PCI Bridge, bus 2
bus 2 slot 0 - QLogic ISP10X0
bus 0 slot 3 - DE500-BA
probing IOD0 hose 0
bus 0 slot 1 - PCEB
probing EISA Bridge, bus 1
bus 0 slot 3 - DECchip 21140-AA
bus 0 slot 4 - PCI-PCI Bridge
probing PCI-PCI Bridge, bus 2
bus 2 slot 0 - QLogic ISP10X0
bus 0 slot 5 - PCI-PCI Bridge
probing PCI-PCI Bridge, bus 3
bus 3 slot 0 - QLogic ISP10X0
configuring I/O adapters...
ncr0, hose 1, bus 0, slot 1
isp0, hose 1, bus 2, slot 0
tulip0, hose 1, bus 0, slot 3
floppy0, hose 0, bus 1, slot 0
tulip1, hose 0, bus 0, slot 3
isp1, hose 0, bus 2, slot 0
isp2, hose 0, bus 3, slot 0
System temperature is 20 degrees C
AlphaServer 4100 Console V6.0-4, 10-MAY-2001 10:11:42
CPU 0 booting
(boot dkb0.0.0.2000.1 -flags 1)
block 0 of dkb0.0.0.2000.1 is a valid boot block
reading 173 blocks from dkb0.0.0.2000.1
bootstrap code read in
Building FRU table
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 15a00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1f2000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.9
aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.23
aboot: booting from device 'SCSI 1 2000 0 0 0 1011 10201077'
aboot: valid disklabel found: 4 partitions.
aboot: loading uncompressed vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-alpha-smp...
aboot: loading compressed vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-alpha-smp...
halted CPU 0
halt code = 7
machine check while in PAL mode
PC = 14400
Your system has halted due to an irrecoverable error. Record the
error halt code and PC and contact your Digital Services representative.
In addition, type INFO 3 and INFO 8 at the console and record the results.
boot failure
P00>>>info 3
cpu00 cpu01 cpu02
per_cpu impure area 00004400 000049d8 00004fb0
cns$flag 00000001 00000001 00000001 : 0000
cns$flag+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0004
cns$hlt 00000000 00000022 00000022 : 0008
cns$hlt+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 000c
cns$mchkflag 00000228 00000228 00000228 : 0210
cns$mchkflag+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0214
cns$exc_addr 00014401 000001d9 000001d9 : 0318
cns$exc_addr+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 031c
cns$pal_base 00014000 00008000 00008000 : 0320
cns$pal_base+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0324
cns$mm_stat 00014910 000145d0 00016051 : 0338
cns$mm_stat+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 033c
cns$va 10000028 80007fc0 00131ddc : 0340
cns$va+4 00000000 000000f9 00000000 : 0344
cns$icsr 64020000 40020000 40020000 : 0348
cns$icsr+4 000000c1 000000c1 000000c1 : 034c
cns$ipl 0000001f 0000001f 0000001f : 0350
cns$ipl+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0354
cns$ps 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0358
cns$ps+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 035c
cns$itb_asn 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0360
cns$itb_asn+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0364
cns$aster 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0368
cns$aster+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 036c
cns$astrr 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0370
cns$astrr+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0374
cns$isr 00400000 00400000 00400000 : 0378
cns$isr+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 037c
cns$ivptbr 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0380
cns$ivptbr+4 fffffffe 00000000 00000000 : 0384
cns$mcsr 00000004 00000000 00000000 : 0388
cns$mcsr+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 038c
cns$dc_mode 00000001 00000001 00000001 : 0390
cns$dc_mode+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0394
cns$maf_mode 00000080 00000080 00000080 : 0398
cns$maf_mode+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 039c
cns$sirr 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03a0
cns$sirr+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03a4
cns$fpcsr 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03a8
cns$fpcsr+4 68000000 68000000 68000000 : 03ac
cns$icperr_stat 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03b0
cns$icperr_stat+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03b4
cns$pmctr 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03b8
cns$pmctr+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03bc
cns$exc_sum 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03c0
cns$exc_sum+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03c4
cns$exc_mask 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03c8
cns$exc_mask+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03cc
cns$intid 00000016 00000016 00000016 : 03d0
cns$intid+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03d4
cns$dcperr_stat 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03d8
cns$dcperr_stat+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03dc
cns$sc_stat 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03e0
cns$sc_stat+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03e4
cns$sc_addr 000047cf 00004daf 0000d64f : 03e8
cns$sc_addr+4 ffffff00 ffffff00 ffffff00 : 03ec
cns$sc_ctl 0000f000 0000f000 0000f000 : 03f0
cns$sc_ctl+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 03f4
cns$bc_tag_addr 418d6fff 008dafff 008dafff : 03f8
cns$bc_tag_addr+4 ffffff80 ffffff80 ffffff80 : 03fc
cns$ei_stat 05ffffff 05ffffff 05ffffff : 0400
cns$ei_stat+4 fffffff9 fffffff0 fffffff0 : 0404
cns$ei_addr 8000000f 64fa15cf 6ba9f2af : 0408
cns$ei_addr+4 ffffff01 ffffff00 ffffff00 : 040c
cns$fill_syn 00000c0c 00000020 00000025 : 0410
cns$fill_syn+4 00000000 00000000 00000000 : 0414
cns$ld_lock 0005485f 0005485f 0005485f : 0418
cns$ld_lock+4 ffffff00 ffffff00 ffffff00 : 041c
P00>>>info 8
IOD 0
WHOAMI: 000000fa PCI_REV: 06008332
CAP_CTL: 46470ff1 HAE_MEM: 00000000 HAE_IO: 00000000
INT_CTL: 00000003 INT_REQ: 00800000 INT_MASK0: 00250000
INT_MASK1: 00000000 MC_ERR0: 40000000 MC_ERR1: 800e9801
CAP_ERR: 85000000 PCI_ERR: 00000000 MDPA_STAT: 80000000
MDPA_SYN: 0c0c0c0c MDPB_STAT: 80000000 MDPB_SYN: 0c0c0c0c
INT_TARG: 0000003a INT_ADR: 00006000 INT_ADR_EXT: 00000000
PERF_MON: 0028ddf2 PERF_CONT: 00000000 CAP_DIAG: 00000000
DIAG_CHKA: 10000000 DIAG_CHKB: 10000000 SCRATCH: 27677737
W0_BASE: 00100001 W0_MASK: 00000000 T0_BASE: 00001000
W1_BASE: 00800001 W1_MASK: 00700000 T1_BASE: 00008000
W2_BASE: 80000001 W2_MASK: 3ff00000 T2_BASE: 00000000
W3_BASE: 00000000 W3_MASK: 00000000 T3_BASE: 00000000
W_DAC: 00000000 SG_TBIA: 00000000 HBASE: 00000000
IOD 1
WHOAMI: 000000fa PCI_REV: 06000332
CAP_CTL: 46470ff1 HAE_MEM: 00000000 HAE_IO: 00000000
INT_CTL: 00000003 INT_REQ: 00800000 INT_MASK0: 00000000
INT_MASK1: 00000000 MC_ERR0: 40000000 MC_ERR1: 800e9801
CAP_ERR: 85000000 PCI_ERR: 00000000 MDPA_STAT: 80000000
MDPA_SYN: 0c0c0c0c MDPB_STAT: 80000000 MDPB_SYN: 0c0c0c0c
INT_TARG: 0000003a INT_ADR: 00006004 INT_ADR_EXT: 00000000
PERF_MON: 0009b93e PERF_CONT: 00000000 CAP_DIAG: 00000000
DIAG_CHKA: 10000000 DIAG_CHKB: 10000000 SCRATCH: 3c01e79e
W0_BASE: 00100001 W0_MASK: 00000000 T0_BASE: 00001000
W1_BASE: 00800001 W1_MASK: 00700000 T1_BASE: 00008000
W2_BASE: 80000001 W2_MASK: 3ff00000 T2_BASE: 00000000
W3_BASE: 00000000 W3_MASK: 00000000 T3_BASE: 00000000
W_DAC: 00000000 SG_TBIA: 00000000 HBASE: 00000000
P00>>>boot
Inconsistent boot driver state.
System will be reset prior to boot.
Initializing...
SROM V3.0 on cpu0
SROM V3.0 on cpu2
SROM V3.0 on cpu1
XSROM V6.0 on cpu2
XSROM V6.0 on cpu0
XSROM V6.0 on cpu1
BCache testing complete on cpu1
BCache testing complete on cpu0
BCache testing complete on cpu2
mem_pair0 - 2048 MB
mem_pair1 - 1024 MB
mem_pair2 - 1024 MB
20..20..20..21..21..21..23..
please wait 80 seconds for T24 to complete
24..24..24..
Memory testing complete on cpu0
Memory testing complete on cpu1
Memory testing complete on cpu2
starting console on CPU 0
sizing memory
0 2048 MB EDO
1 1024 MB EDO
2 1024 MB EDO
starting console on CPU 1
starting console on CPU 2
probing IOD1 hose 1
bus 0 slot 1 - NCR 53C810
bus 0 slot 2 - PCI-PCI Bridge
probing PCI-PCI Bridge, bus 2
bus 2 slot 0 - QLogic ISP10X0
bus 0 slot 3 - DE500-BA
probing IOD0 hose 0
bus 0 slot 1 - PCEB
probing EISA Bridge, bus 1
bus 0 slot 3 - DECchip 21140-AA
bus 0 slot 4 - PCI-PCI Bridge
probing PCI-PCI Bridge, bus 2
bus 2 slot 0 - QLogic ISP10X0
bus 0 slot 5 - PCI-PCI Bridge
probing PCI-PCI Bridge, bus 3
bus 3 slot 0 - QLogic ISP10X0
configuring I/O adapters...
ncr0, hose 1, bus 0, slot 1
isp0, hose 1, bus 2, slot 0
tulip0, hose 1, bus 0, slot 3
floppy0, hose 0, bus 1, slot 0
tulip1, hose 0, bus 0, slot 3
isp1, hose 0, bus 2, slot 0
isp2, hose 0, bus 3, slot 0
System temperature is 20 degrees C
AlphaServer 4100 Console V6.0-4, 10-MAY-2001 10:11:42
CPU 0 booting
(boot dkb0.0.0.2000.1 -flags 0)
block 0 of dkb0.0.0.2000.1 is a valid boot block
reading 173 blocks from dkb0.0.0.2000.1
bootstrap code read in
Building FRU table
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 15a00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1f2000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.9
aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.23
aboot: booting from device 'SCSI 1 2000 0 0 0 1011 10201077'
aboot: valid disklabel found: 4 partitions.
aboot: loading uncompressed vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-alpha-smp...
aboot: loading compressed vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-alpha-smp...
aboot: zero-filling 1008738 bytes at 0xfffffc00017b90de
aboot: loading initrd (8798633 bytes/8592 blocks) at 0xfffffc013f686000
aboot: starting kernel vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-alpha-smp with arguments ro
root=/dev/md1 console=ttyS0
Linux version 2.6.22-3-alpha-smp (Debian 2.6.22-6) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc
version 4.1.3 20071019 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-17)) #1 Booting GENERIC on
Rawhide variation Dodge using machine vector Rawhide from SRM
Major Options: SMP MAGIC_SYSRQ
Command line: ro root=/dev/md1 console=ttyS0
memcluster 0, usage 1, start 0, end 256
memcluster 1, usage 0, start 256, end 393216
memcluster 2, usage 0, start 524288, end 655351
memcluster 3, usage 1, start 655351, end 655360
freeing pages 256:2048
freeing pages 3162:393216
freeing pages 524288:655351
reserving pages 3162:3172
Initial ramdisk at: 0xfffffc013f686000 (8798633 bytes)
4096K Bcache detected; load hit latency 28 cycles, load miss latency 115 cycles
SMP: 3 CPUs probed -- cpu_present_map = 7
Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 650872
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/md1 console=ttyS0
mcpcia_init_hoses: found 2 hoses
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes)
HWRPB cycle frequency bogus. Estimated 466237852 Hz
Using epoch = 2000
Turning on RTC interrupts.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 1048576 (order: 10, 8388608 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 9, 4194304 bytes)
Memory: 4123224k/5242808k available (2230k kernel code, 68344k reserved, 254k
data, 448k init)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
Capability LSM initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
SMP starting up secondaries.
Brought up 3 CPUs
SMP: Total of 3 processors activated (2388.41 BogoMIPS).
migration_cost=3906
NET: Registered protocol family 16
EISA bus registered
pci: enabling save/restore of SRM state
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:04.0
IO window: 8000-8fff
MEM window: 02200000-022fffff
PREFETCH window: disabled.
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:05.0
IO window: 9000-9fff
MEM window: 02300000-023fffff
PREFETCH window: disabled.
PCI: Bridge: 0001:03:02.0
IO window: 8000-8fff
MEM window: 02200000-022fffff
PREFETCH window: disabled.
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
SCSI subsystem initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 8
NET: Registered protocol family 20
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 2097152 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 6291456 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 1048576 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 8592k freed
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 8192 bytes)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
EISA: Probing bus 0 at 0000:00:01.0
EISA: Mainboard DEC6400 detected.
atkbd.c: keyboard reset failed on isa0060/serio0
Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 8
EISA: Detected 0 cards.
TCP bic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
atkbd.c: keyboard reset failed on isa0060/serio1
Freeing unused kernel memory: 448k freed
Loading, please wait...
Begin: Loading essential drivers... ...
Done.
Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ...
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