From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751015AbVK2JdF (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:33:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751023AbVK2JdF (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:33:05 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:22483 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750995AbVK2JdE (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:33:04 -0500 To: Matti Aarnio Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: x86-64 2.6.15-rc2-git5 fails to boot with 4GB memory References: <20051129033102.GA5706@mea-ext.zmailer.org> From: Andi Kleen Date: 29 Nov 2005 07:01:12 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20051129033102.GA5706@mea-ext.zmailer.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matti Aarnio writes: > With 2 GB in place, the kernel boots just fine, but with > 4 GB, it reports: Works for me on several machines. I even have a fix for the Asus wrong MCFG problem now that broke the IOMMU on these boards (workaround is pci=nommconf) > > kernel direct mapping tables upto ffff 8101 5000 000 @ 8000-f000 > PANIC: early exception rip ffff ffff 8016 f002 error 0 cr2 4230 > PANIC: early exception rip ffff ffff 8011 d1fe error 0 cr2 ffff ffff f5ff d023 > > and some other lines, which I didn't jot down on paper... Can you please look up the RIP values in your System.map? > These were copied from some Fedora Core development kernel version > after 2.6.15-rc1 (last working one) in a box with 4 GB memory. Please try vanilla 2.6.15rc2 as a reference at least. -Andi