Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:50:28 GMT From: Kumar Krishnamoorthy <kumark@vmware.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: amd64/128978: FreeBSD 6.3 64-bit panics at boot time during installation on HP DL580 G5 with 128GB physical memory Message-ID: <200811190050.mAJ0oS5a069423@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200811190100.mAJ10Eqw025044@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 128978 >Category: amd64 >Synopsis: FreeBSD 6.3 64-bit panics at boot time during installation on HP DL580 G5 with 128GB physical memory >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-amd64 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 19 01:00:14 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kumar Krishnamoorthy >Release: FreeBSD 6.3 64-bit GA >Organization: VMare Inc >Environment: NA >Description: When I try to install freeBSD-64 6.3 GA on a system with 128GB physical memory, it reports kmem_suballoc : bad status retirn of 3 panic : kmem_suballoc When I read the faq from freebsd site, it mentions that the 64-bit version would support systems upto 1TB of physical memory. Server used ----------- Server Model : HP ProLoant DL580 G5 Physical memory installed : 128 GB Installed ProLiant System BIOS : P61 (08/08/2007) CPU : Proc 1: Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor (2.40 GHz/1066 MHz, 2x4MB L2) Proc 2: Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor (2.40 GHz/1066 MHz, 2x4MB L2) Proc 3: Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor (2.40 GHz/1066 MHz, 2x4MB L2) Proc 4: Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor (2.40 GHz/1066 MHz, 2x4MB L2) Failure details. ----------------- ISO used for installation 6.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso . . Attempting Boot From CD-ROM CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX loader Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive A: is disk0 BIOS drive C: is disk1 BIOS 637kB/3404056kB available memory FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (root@palmer.cse.buffalo.edu, Tue Jan 15 23:20:25 UTC 2008) Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x6b30f8 syms=[0x8+0xa10a0+0x8+0x8 8855] +-----------------------------------------+ | | | | ______ | | | ____| __ ___ ___ | Welcome to FreeBSD! | | |__ | '__/ _ \/ _ \ | | | __|| | | __/ __/ | | | | | | | | | | 1. Boot FreeBSD [default] | |_| |_| \___|\___| | 2. Boot FreeBSD with ACPI disabled | ____ _____ _____ | 3. Boot FreeBSD in Safe Mode | | _ \ / ____| __ \ | 4. Boot FreeBSD in single user mode | | |_) | (___ | | | | | 5. Boot FreeBSD with verbose logging | | _ < \___ \| | | | | 6. Escape to loader prompt | | |_) |____) | |__| | | 7. Reboot | | | | | | | |____/|_____/|_____/ | | | | | | | Select option, [Enter] for default | | or [Space] to pause timer 8 | +-----------------------------------------+ FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 16 01:31:10 UTC 2008 root@palmet.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC kmem_suballoc : bad status retirn of 3 panic : kmem_suballoc Uptime: 1s Note : I tried the following things. a) freeBSD7.0-64 did not panic while installation b) freeBSD6.3-64 could boot without any problems till 90GB memory on a virtual machine created on ESX40 Let me know if you need more details for debugging. >How-To-Repeat: Try to install freeBSD6.3-64 on a physical machine with 128GB of physical memory >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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