[Bug 88092] 2.6.17.10 kernels crash on startup on sun v40z server

[bawi]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic

Installing Edgy on a sun v40z server (x86_64 arch, 4 Opteron cpu, large
scsci raid formatted with lvm into xfs /root and /ext2 boot).

Installation went fine, but during startup procedure, the kernel throws
a general protection fault:

[  137.380598] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:20:01.0[A] -> GSI 32 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
[  137.380646] general protection fault: 0000 [1] SMP 
[  137.382695] CPU 2 
[  137.383722] Modules linked in: shpchp pci_hotplug floppy xfs sd_mod dm_mod ohci_hcd usbcore ide_generic megaraid_mbox megaraid_mm mptspi mptscsih mptba
se scsi_transport_spi scsi_mod ide_cd cdrom generic amd74xx thermal processor fan vesafb capability commoncap vga16fb cfbcopyarea vgastate cfbimgblt cfbfi
llrect fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
[  137.404531] Pid: 3441, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.17-10-server #2
[  137.406312] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff80333db2>] <ffffffff80333db2>{strlen+2}
[  137.408495] RSP: 0018:ffff8101fb839c90  EFLAGS: 00010246
[  137.410274] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff805f4270 RCX: 00000000fffffff4
[  137.412214] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: babababababababa RDI: babababababababa
[  137.414154] RBP: ffffffff806489e0 R08: 000000000004b000 R09: 0000000000000000
[  137.452984] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: babababababababa
[  137.493075] R13: ffff8103fc7f8000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
[  137.534022] FS:  00002b2124ff06d0(0000) GS:ffff8101fc7a1c40(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  137.617629] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[  137.661060] CR2: 00002af8e894d050 CR3: 00000002fc3d5000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[  137.705678] Process modprobe (pid: 3441, threadinfo ffff8101fb838000, task ffff810100302a30)
[  137.795172] Stack: ffffffff80333ee0 0000000000000000 ffffffff806489e0 0000000000000000 
[  137.843709]        ffffffff803af8b3 ffff8103fc7f8000 0000000000000001 00000000000000b1 
[  137.942930]        ffffffff803428b0 00000000fe4b6000 
[  137.990612] Call Trace: <ffffffff80333ee0>{strstr+32} <ffffffff803af8b3>{dmi_check_system+51}
[  138.057622]        <ffffffff803428b0>{msi_init+32} <ffffffff80343643>{pci_enable_msi+99}
[  138.123664]        <ffffffff8822f87a>{:shpchp:shpc_init+1626} <ffffffff8026a175>{wait_for_completion+165}
[  138.189095]        <ffffffff8822b703>{:shpchp:shpc_probe+147} <ffffffff8033e733>{pci_device_probe+243}
[  138.254285]        <ffffffff803931a5>{driver_probe_device+101} <ffffffff80393280>{__driver_attach+0}
[  138.319848]        <ffffffff803932d8>{__driver_attach+88} <ffffffff80393280>{__driver_attach+0}
[  138.385844]        <ffffffff80392a79>{bus_for_each_dev+73} <ffffffff8039261d>{bus_add_driver+141}
[  138.452322]        <ffffffff8033e9b7>{__pci_register_driver+87} <ffffffff8810b036>{:shpchp:shpcd_init+54}
[  138.519016]        <ffffffff802a9067>{sys_init_module+199} <ffffffff8026544e>{system_call+126}
[  138.617294] 
[  138.617295] Code: 80 3f 00 74 15 48 89 f8 66 66 90 66 66 90 48 83 c0 01 80 38 
[  138.717113] RIP <ffffffff80333db2>{strlen+2} RSP <ffff8101fb839c90>
[  138.750628]  <6>input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input0

After that, the server stops running the rcS script, but the root
console apears and the normal operation can be resumed (mounting
filesystems, bringing up network and running daemons).

It happens both with -generic and -server kernels.

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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2.6.17.10 kernels crash on startup on sun v40z server
https://launchpad.net/bugs/88092