[CentOS] CentOS 5.2 kernel [2.6.18-92.1.1.el5] crashes on dual-PIII Compaq ProLiant 3000

[Wojtek Pilorz]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 09:49:08AM +0200, Tim Verhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Wojtek Pilorz <wpilorz at bdk.pl> wrote:
> > After yum upgrade, the new CentOS5 kernel [ kernel-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5.i686 ]
> > crashes each time early in boot process on Compaq ProLiant 3000
> > with dual Pentium3 CPU (600 MHz, CPU0: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 03, CPU1 the same).
> >
> > I get kernel panic at powernowk8_init+0x05e/0x1c3.
> >
> ...snip...
> 
> You are definitalty  not alone on this. See
> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2912. Maybe add a note there that
> you have the same issue and report your system config. It looks likes

I have added a note about the problem on ProLiant3000 machine and dmesg output from
working kernel.

> it only happens on older PII and PIII machines.
And then only some of them - home home PC with PIII runs fine
with the new kernel.
I will upgrade 2 more machines with PII or PIII and see what will happen.

Thank you,

Wojtek

> 
> Regards,
> Tim
> 
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