Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:57:58 +0100 (CET)
From: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
To: John Dierks <j.dierks@Verizon.net>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel bug in openSUSE 11.1 64 bit
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On Sun, 28 Dec 2008, John Dierks wrote:

> Greetings -
> 
> I am a newbie and not familiar with the accepted way of posting bugs,
> so I am simply sending you a link to the appropriate forum discussion.
> 
> I believe we have a kernel bug in the released version of openSUSE 11.1 (64
> bit).
> 
> I have confirmed what another user (ansbar) found:  Any attempt to install 64
> bit
> 11.1 from DVD or NET media onto a D945GCLF2 platform results in a
> kernel oops soon after the version of kernel supplied with the distribution
> loads and runs.
> 
> As an aside, the platform I attempted to upgrade currently is running 11.0 (64
> bit),
> which has been running without any evidence of problems.
> 
> I hope the discussion gives you enough info to go on.  If not, feel free to
> ask questions.  Here's the link:
> 
>    http://forums.opensuse.org/install-boot-login/402136-kernel-panic-11-1-64bit.html
> 

Can you reproduce this with a standard kernel like 2.6.28 from 
http://kernel.org/ ?

Could you post a complete dump of the Oops?

(see REPORTING-BUGS in the kernel source for more useful info to post - 
 http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.28/REPORTING-BUGS)

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