Hi Leann I tried the install 'Hardy Alpha' (hardy-alternate-powerpc.iso) on the IBM pseries 620, but it did not work. Please see below the text from the kernel load process, started with three different options: boot: install-powerpc64 console=ttyS0 Please wait, loading kernel... Elf64 kernel loaded... Loading ramdisk... ramdisk loaded at 02600000, size: 5877 Kbytes OF stdout device is: /pci@fff7f09000/isa@10/serial@i3f8 command line: ro ramdisk_size=8192 file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed quiet -- console=ttyS0 memory layout at init: alloc_bottom : 0000000002bbe000 alloc_top : 0000000030000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000200000000 rmo_top : 0000000030000000 ram_top : 0000000200000000 Looking for displays opening PHB /pci@fff7f09000... done opening PHB /pci@fff7f0a000... done instantiating rtas at 0x000000002ff59000 ... done 0000000000000000 : boot cpu 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000002... done 0000000000000002 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000004... done 0000000000000003 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000006... done copying OF device tree ... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0000000002ebf000 -> 0x0000000002ec010d Device tree struct 0x0000000002ec1000 -> 0x0000000002ed0000 Calling quiesce ... returning from prom_init [ 0.000000] Starting Linux PPC64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 19:32:29 UTC 2008 [ 0.000000] ----------------------------------------------------- [ 0.000000] ppc64_pft_size = 0x0 [ 0.000000] physicalMemorySize = 0x200000000 [ 0.000000] htab_address = 0xc0000001f0000000 [ 0.000000] htab_hash_mask = 0xfffff [ 0.000000] ----------------------------------------------------- [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.24-10-powerpc64-smp (buildd@adare) (gcc version 4.1.3 20071209 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-18ubuntu1)) #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 19:32:29 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.24-10.16-powerpc64-smp) [ 0.000000] [boot]0012 Setup Arch [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 1 at 0xc00000000fffb000 virtual, 0xfffb000 absolute [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 2 at 0xc00000000fffa000 virtual, 0xfffa000 absolute [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 3 at 0xc00000000fff9000 virtual, 0xfff9000 absolute [ 0.000000] no ISA IO ranges or unexpected isa range,mapping 64k [ 0.000000] EEH: No capable adapters found [ 0.000000] PPC64 nvram contains 262144 bytes [ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges: [ 0.000000] DMA 0 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] Normal 2097152 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 0 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] [boot]0015 Setup Done [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Node order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 2068480 [ 0.000000] Policy zone: DMA [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: ro ramdisk_size=8192 file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed quiet -- console=ttyS0 boot: cli-powerpc64 console=ttyS0 Please wait, loading kernel... Elf64 kernel loaded... Loading ramdisk... ramdisk loaded at 02600000, size: 5877 Kbytes OF stdout device is: /pci@fff7f09000/isa@10/serial@i3f8 command line: ro ramdisk_size=8192 file=/cdrom/preseed/cli.seed -- console=ttyS0 memory layout at init: alloc_bottom : 0000000002bbe000 alloc_top : 0000000030000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000200000000 rmo_top : 0000000030000000 ram_top : 0000000200000000 Looking for displays opening PHB /pci@fff7f09000... done opening PHB /pci@fff7f0a000... done instantiating rtas at 0x000000002ff59000 ... done 0000000000000000 : boot cpu 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000002... done 0000000000000002 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000004... done 0000000000000003 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000006... done copying OF device tree ... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0000000002ebf000 -> 0x0000000002ec010d Device tree struct 0x0000000002ec1000 -> 0x0000000002ed0000 Calling quiesce ... returning from prom_init [ 0.000000] Starting Linux PPC64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 19:32:29 UTC 2008 [ 0.000000] ----------------------------------------------------- [ 0.000000] ppc64_pft_size = 0x0 [ 0.000000] physicalMemorySize = 0x200000000 [ 0.000000] htab_address = 0xc0000001f0000000 [ 0.000000] htab_hash_mask = 0xfffff [ 0.000000] ----------------------------------------------------- [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.24-10-powerpc64-smp (buildd@adare) (gcc version 4.1.3 20071209 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-18ubuntu1)) #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 19:32:29 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.24-10.16-powerpc64-smp) [ 0.000000] [boot]0012 Setup Arch [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 1 at 0xc00000000fffb000 virtual, 0xfffb000 absolute [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 2 at 0xc00000000fffa000 virtual, 0xfffa000 absolute [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 3 at 0xc00000000fff9000 virtual, 0xfff9000 absolute [ 0.000000] no ISA IO ranges or unexpected isa range,mapping 64k [ 0.000000] EEH: No capable adapters found [ 0.000000] PPC64 nvram contains 262144 bytes [ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges: [ 0.000000] DMA 0 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] Normal 2097152 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 0 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] [boot]0015 Setup Done [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Node order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 2068480 [ 0.000000] Policy zone: DMA [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: ro ramdisk_size=8192 file=/cdrom/preseed/cli.seed -- console=ttyS0 [ 0.000000] [boot]0020 XICS Init [ 0.000000] i8259 legacy interrupt controller initialized [ 0.000000] [boot]0021 XICS Done [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes) [ 0.000008] clocksource: timebase mult[6a62df] shift[22] registered [ 0.074785] Console: colour dummy device 80x25 [ 0.150546] Dentry cache hash table entries: 1048576 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes) [ 0.280023] Inode-cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes) [ 0.372492] freeing bootmem node 0 [ 1.232775] Memory: 8097768k/8388608k available (5668k kernel code, 290840k reserved, 760k data, 727k bss, 296k init) [ 1.357855] SLUB: Genslabs=12, HWalign=128, Order=0-1, MinObjects=4, CPUs=4, Nodes=16 [ 1.551512] Security Framework initialized [ 1.598484] SELinux: Disabled at boot. [ 1.644297] AppArmor: AppArmor initialized [ 1.693108] Failure registering capabilities with primary security module. [ 1.775295] Mount-cache hash table entries: 256 [ 1.829997] device-tree: Duplicate name in /cpus/PowerPC,RS64-IV@0, renamed to "l2-cache#1" [ 1.929327] device-tree: Duplicate name in /cpus/PowerPC,RS64-IV@2, renamed to "l2-cache#1" [ 2.029146] device-tree: Duplicate name in /cpus/PowerPC,RS64-IV@4, renamed to "l2-cache#1" [ 2.128995] device-tree: Duplicate name in /cpus/PowerPC,RS64-IV@6, renamed to "l2-cache#1" [ 2.233397] Processor 1 found. [ 2.268292] Processor 2 found. [ 2.304664] Processor 3 found. [ 2.340743] Brought up 4 CPUs [ 2.572918] net_namespace: 120 bytes [ 2.615308] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [ 2.666858] IBM eBus Device Driver [ 2.709066] CPU Hotplug not supported by firmware - disabling. [ 2.790213] IOMMU table initialized, virtual merging disabled [ 2.941640] NET: Registered protocol family 8 [ 2.991702] NET: Registered protocol family 20 [ 3.045004] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled [ 3.100900] Time: timebase clocksource has been installed. [ 3.167851] NET: Registered protocol family 2 [ 3.253474] IP route cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes) [ 3.345653] TCP established hash table entries: 524288 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes) [ 3.462569] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes) [ 3.544503] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 524288 bind 65536) [ 3.621630] TCP reno registered [ 3.669615] checking if image is initramfs... it is [ 5.369860] Freeing initrd memory: 5877k freed [ 5.428502] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) [ 5.491073] audit(1204443565.782:1): initialized [ 5.556147] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 [ 5.601424] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes) [ 5.678657] io scheduler noop registered [ 5.724793] io scheduler anticipatory registered [ 5.779916] io scheduler deadline registered [ 5.831216] io scheduler cfq registered (default) [ 5.985842] Generic RTC Driver v1.07 [ 6.028979] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize [ 6.116860] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0 [ 6.221141] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [ 6.282169] NET: Registered protocol family 1 [ 6.333703] turn off boot console udbg0 boot: oem-powerpc64 console=ttyS0 Please wait, loading kernel... Elf64 kernel loaded... Loading ramdisk... ramdisk loaded at 02600000, size: 5877 Kbytes OF stdout device is: /pci@fff7f09000/isa@10/serial@i3f8 command line: ro ramdisk_size=8192 file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed oem-config/enable=true quiet -- console=ttyS0 memory layout at init: alloc_bottom : 0000000002bbe000 alloc_top : 0000000030000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000200000000 rmo_top : 0000000030000000 ram_top : 0000000200000000 Looking for displays opening PHB /pci@fff7f09000... done opening PHB /pci@fff7f0a000... done instantiating rtas at 0x000000002ff59000 ... done 0000000000000000 : boot cpu 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000002... done 0000000000000002 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000004... done 0000000000000003 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000006... done copying OF device tree ... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0000000002ebf000 -> 0x0000000002ec010d Device tree struct 0x0000000002ec1000 -> 0x0000000002ed0000 Calling quiesce ... returning from prom_init [ 0.000000] Starting Linux PPC64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 19:32:29 UTC 2008 [ 0.000000] ----------------------------------------------------- [ 0.000000] ppc64_pft_size = 0x0 [ 0.000000] physicalMemorySize = 0x200000000 [ 0.000000] htab_address = 0xc0000001f0000000 [ 0.000000] htab_hash_mask = 0xfffff [ 0.000000] ----------------------------------------------------- [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.24-10-powerpc64-smp (buildd@adare) (gcc version 4.1.3 20071209 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-18ubuntu1)) #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 19:32:29 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.24-10.16-powerpc64-smp) [ 0.000000] [boot]0012 Setup Arch [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 1 at 0xc00000000fffb000 virtual, 0xfffb000 absolute [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 2 at 0xc00000000fffa000 virtual, 0xfffa000 absolute [ 0.000000] Segment table for CPU 3 at 0xc00000000fff9000 virtual, 0xfff9000 absolute [ 0.000000] no ISA IO ranges or unexpected isa range,mapping 64k [ 0.000000] EEH: No capable adapters found [ 0.000000] PPC64 nvram contains 262144 bytes [ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges: [ 0.000000] DMA 0 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] Normal 2097152 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 0 -> 2097152 [ 0.000000] [boot]0015 Setup Done [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Node order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 2068480 [ 0.000000] Policy zone: DMA [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: ro ramdisk_size=8192 file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed oem-config/enable=true quiet -- console=ttyS0 Leann Ogasawara wrote: > Hi Ulrich, > > Care to actually test the latest Hardy Alpha release. It has an updated > version of the kernel. You can download and try the new Hardy Heron > Alpha release from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current/ . If > you can, please verify if this bug still exists or not and report back > your results. Thanks > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > >