Marcus Meissner wrote:
>> I have a problem with the 2.4 series kernel running on a number of
>> Compaq ProLiant DL360 servers. The 2.2.x kernels and 2.4.0 work fine,
>> however from 2.4.1 onwards the boxes just hang at the following position
>> on bootup:
>
>> Partition check:
>> ida/c0d0:
>
>> I have also tested with 2.4.2-ac20 and the same problem occurs. Doing a
>> search on the web some people recommend changing the OS setting in the
>> Compaq BIOS to Linux fixes this problem, however my servers are already
>> running with this BIOS setting and I've also tested with numerous other
>> OS's in the BIOS but the same problem occurs.
>
>Workaround: run the kernel with the 'noapic' option on its commandline.
>
>The ServerWorks chipset used in this Compaq Server somehow does not pass
>the the relevant information to Linux mapping routines. :/
>
The real problem lies in the OSB4 driver beginning with the 2.4.0 kernel.
Its initialization of the OSB4 breaks APIC interrupt processing, causing a
lockup during boot of any APIC-enabled server that uses the OSB4. Rolling
back to the version in 2.4.0-prerelease will resolve your lockup during
boot. Alternatively, you can set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OSB4=n in your .config.
This will revert to using the generic IDE driver instead of the
OSB4-specific code that is broken. That's not a problem on ProLiants since
the OSB4 is only used to access the CD-ROM drive, hence you don't need any
enhanced performance.
Regards,
John Cagle
Principal Member Technical Staff
ProLiant Servers, Compaq
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