Bug#992238: debian-installer: Installation fails on HP ProLiant m400 Server: additional cores crash, kernel hangs in acpi_init
Control: severity -1 important
Control: reassign -1 src:linux
Hi Justus!
Reassigning to the right package. While you're seeing this during d-i,
the problem is clearly coming from the Linux kernel.
On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 10:09:49AM +0200, Justus Winter wrote:
>Package: debian-installer
>Version: 20210731
>Severity: critical
>Tags: d-i
>Justification: breaks the whole system
>
>Dear Maintainer,
>
>I'm trying to install Debian Bullseye on a ProLiant m400 Server
>Cartridge. The cartridge is in EFI mode, we boot the EFI shim, GRUB,
>the kernel, and the netboot initrd via PXE and tftp. We added the
>necessary kernel command line flags to redirect the kernel log to the
>serial console early on, and various debugging flags.
>
>Reading the log we believe that there are two problems. First, while
>bringing up additional CPU cores, we see them crash immediately.
>Adding nosmp to the kernel command line avoids this, but doesn't make
>the second problem go away. Second, the kernel calls acpi_init, which
>does not seem to return.
Hmmm. The m400 sleds are getting quite old, and AIUI they're basically
EOL in terms of firmware support etc. I've got some Mustang (X-Gene 1)
machines here, which are the same core APM hardware but packaged on
standard motherboard (mini-itx I think?). I'm just trying a bullseye
update on one now.
Out of curiosity: how does an equivalent boot work with buster d-i on
your system?
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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