linux-kernel - Re: Panic early in boot

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Date:	Sat, 6 Jun 2009 12:35:33 -0400
From:	Jeff Mitchell <jeffrey.mitchell@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Panic early in boot

> Don't worry to append a link to the screenshot next time ;).

Done...  http://tinypic.com/r/2vuwz1j/5

> Looks like dmi_string_nosave gets a mess. It tries to dereference
> 0xffffffffeff44003d. Could you investigate to which save_indent in
> dmi_decode does the dmi_decode+0x72 correspond to?

If you help me through it.  That last sentence is pretty much
gibberish to me  :-)

> Is this vanilla, i.e. what does -gentoo-r5 mean?

Gentoo patchset on top of vanilla.  However, I have tried it with
vanilla 2.6.29.4 with the same exact results.

> And also append a dmidecode output from a working kernel.

Attached.  I noticed in the output that the processor is claimed to be
GenuineIntel, although it's an AMD Opteron box (but via VMware).

Thanks!
--Jeff

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