2.2.4 BOOT Prob (SMP) unable to handle kernel NULL pointer

Allen Bolderoff (allen@gist.net.au)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 12:50:40 +1030


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I have a Dual Pentuim II 233 system with 128 MB Ram and DPT SmartCache IV set
up with 4 2GB drives set up in a 4GB raid 5 array with hotspare.

I just installed Redhat 5.2 with all upgrades, and kernel 2.2 RPMS.

I compiled 2.2.4 with SMP enabled and all of the relevant stuff required (pre
2.2 and 2.2.[1-2] ran great on this box)

When it boots, it now comes up with the following after initialising the SCSI
card & recognising the drives available to it.

sdb: sdb1 <sdb5>
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008
current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000
CPU: 1
EIP: 0010:[<c0122c2f>]
EFLAGS: 00010082
eax: c009c37c ebx: c03575c0 ecx: 00000000 edx: c0fd1420
esi: c009c260 edi: 00000296 ebp: 00000101 esp: c7e59f80
ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Process insmod (pid: 6, process nr: 7, stackpage=c7e59000)

etc etc etc

any ideas?

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