Bug#438926: Kernel boot error on a SUN Netra T4 server

[Mário Santiago Batista]

Package: kernel-image sparc
Version: 2.6.18

I downloaded the lastest net-install SPARC ISO CD (etch) and trying to boot from CD I get the error "Illegal Instruction".

Outputs
#######################################################################################
{0} ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@8,700000/scsi@6/disk@6,0:f File and args:
SILO Version 1.4.13
\
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch!
...
[ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ]
[ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
boot:
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
Loading initial ramdisk (3879265 bytes at 0x3F802000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
ERROR: Last Trap: Illegal Instruction

Error -256
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{0} ok test-all
Testing /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4
Testing /pci@8,700000/network@2
Internal loopback test -- succeeded.
Link is -- down
Testing /pci@8,700000/scsi@6,1
Testing /pci@8,700000/scsi@6
Testing /pci@8,700000/usb@5,3
Testing /pci@8,700000/network@5,1
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/serial@1,400000
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/parallel@1,300278
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/pmc@1,300700
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/gpio@1,300600
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/rtc@1,300070
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/i2c@1,30
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/bbc@1,0
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/i2c@1,2e
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/flashprom@0,0
Testing /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/SUNW,lombus@1,3062f8/SUNW,lomv@0,0
########################################################################################
Sun Netra T4 (2 X UltraSPARC-III) , No Keyboard
Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.16.4, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #51344698.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:f:75:3a, Host ID: 830f753a.

[Moritz Muehlenhoff]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 07:44:09PM +0100, Mário Santiago Batista wrote:
> Package: kernel-image sparc
> Version: 2.6.18
>
> I downloaded the lastest net-install SPARC ISO CD (etch) and trying to boot from CD I get the error "Illegal Instruction".
>
> Outputs
> #######################################################################################
> {0} ok boot cdrom
> Boot device: /pci@8,700000/scsi@6/disk@6,0:f File and args:
> SILO Version 1.4.13
> \
> Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch!
> ...
> [ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ]
> [ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
> boot:
> Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
> Loaded kernel version 2.6.18
> Loading initial ramdisk (3879265 bytes at 0x3F802000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
> ERROR: Last Trap: Illegal Instruction

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug
with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4?
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html

Cheers,
Moritz

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