Hello Jürgen, Monday, August 8, 2005, 4:24:44 PM, you wrote:
>> >> I tried to install b18 on Acer 4101WLM notebook with Pentium M >> >> (Sonoma) 1.6GHz with 512MB DDR2 and PCI-X. >> >> >> >> Just after kernel started it panics, stack looks like: >> >> >> >> kaif_enter+7 >> >> kdi_dvec_enter+0x32 >> >> panicsys+0x36f >> >> vpanic+0xbd >> >> panic+0xf >> >> die+0xa7 >> >> trap+0xfc8 >> >> _cmntrap+0x9a >> >> 0xdabfa7e9 >> >> specfs'spec_access+0x1f >> >> fop_access+0x18 >> >> vn_openat+0x287 >> >> copen+0x24f >> >> open+0x18 >> >> sys_call+0x104 >> >> >> CDSC> You're not the first one; and we believe that this is a memory >> CDSC> corruption issue. (It probably happens again when autopush >> CDSC> opens /dev/sad/admin) >> >> >> CDSC> Now if only we could get a core dump out of this; that would likely >> CDSC> require a netboot and a net core dump and even then I'm not sure we'd >> CDSC> be quick enough. >> >> It's not my notebook but I think I could try again. JK> There's some progress with the Acer Aspire 5024wlmi from Bug 629357 which JK> crashes with a similar "strange" stack backtrace: JK> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=629357 JK> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisx86/message/26633 JK> There are quite a few hints that the Acer's BIOS does not report the correct JK> value for the "Number of last PCI bus in the system" when using the JK> "PCI BIOS Present" real mode bios interrupt. JK> With the Acer Aspire 5024wlmi, the PCI BIOS reports 6 PCI busses JK> with the "PCI BIOS Present" bios call, but there is a PCI-PCI bridge JK> device installed in the system that refers to a PCI bus with ID #9. JK> Since the Solaris kernel has only allocated space for PCI busses 0..6, JK> the access to PCI bus #9 corrupts kernel memory, and this results in the JK> kernel crash. JK> Can you run Dan Mick's prtpci.exe [*] program on your Acer 4101WLM JK> notebook, when the noteboot is booted from an MS-DOS floppy? JK> What is the "#-busses" reported by prtpci.exe, and what is the JK> highest "Secondary Bus Number" reported by it? JK> Can you try the kmdb workarounds from the solarisx86 mailling list JK> with your Acer 4101WLM notebook? For example by booting Solaris JK> Nevada with option "-kdvs", and using the following kmdb commands: JK> ::bp pci_autoconfig`pci_check_bios JK> :c JK> ::step out JK> pci_bios_nbus/W 9 JK> :c Bingo! My frined has got his laptop today but unfortunately he doesn't have a floppy drive and prtdiag doesn't work frowm Windows. Any way I tried above and it booted - I checked if installer starts and it does. So looks like it's the same problem. I tested it with snv_18. -- Best regards, Robert mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
