Re: initrd problem with AMD opteron dual core

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On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 23:22 -0500, jean-francois simon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thx a lot. i will check my clock..
> do you know what list i should use to post my request?
> 
maybe  linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


> thx a lot
> -jfs
> 
> 
> 
> Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> > have you the clock running to fast ? 
> > your email have more than 3 hour in advance 
> > I don't know if it is the appropriated because this is the first post in
> > months !  
> > 
> > best regards, 
> > On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 19:33 -0500, jean-francois simon wrote:
> >> hi,
> >> we have designed an embedded motherboard with dual AMD opteron CPU and 
> >> Nvidia CK804 chipset. this board works fine.
> >> lately we have replaced the two single core CPUs with two dual core 
> >> CPUs, giving us a total of 4 cores.
> >> we are seeing that linux kernels from 2.6.21 to 2.6.23 are unable to 
> >> load the initial ramdisk (initrd) with that new configuration. Basically 
> >> the kernel complains that it can't load the ELFs with messages such as:
> >>
> >> "Inconsistency detected by ld.so: ../sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine: 450:
> >> elf-machine-rela-relative: Assertion '((reloc- r_info) & 0xffffffff) ==8'
> >> failed!
> >>
> >> This is happening here:
> >> http://lxr.linux.no/source/init/main.c#L762
> >>
> >> When initrd support is disabled in the kernel (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=N), 
> >> then the system is able to boot.
> >>
> >> When using a linux kernel up to 2.6.20.21, the problem doesn't happen.
> >>
> >>
> >> i don't know where to start to try solving this problem. why would the 
> >> dual core CPUs cause a problem? i fear that just disabling the initrd 
> >> could just mask a more serious problem.
> >>
> >> thanks a lot for any help on this
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> jean-francois simon
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> 
> 
-- 
Sérgio M. B.

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