[hcflinux] Kernel panic on freshly-installed Fedora Core 6

[Charles M. Register]

That seems to have done the trick.  The system boots normally now and 
the fax server software is happy.

It's interesting that the HCF drivers worked fine with FC4 and its 4K 
stack kernels.  Such is the price of upgrades.

Thanks very much.

                -- Charlie

-- 
-- Charles M. Register -- 
-- charlie at duke.edu -----

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Linuxant support (Jonathan) wrote:

> From: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
> To: Charles M. Register <charlie at duke.edu>
> Cc: hcflinux at lists.linuxant.com
> Subject: Re: [hcflinux] Kernel panic on freshly-installed Fedora Core 6
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:22:35 -0500
> 
> Hi,
>
> the problem is most likely that you are using an original Fedora Core 6 
> kernel with 4K stacks and in some cases, the HCF driver requires more than 
> that.
>
> We offer pre-compiled RPMs of Fedora Core 6 kernels with 16K stacks as a 
> convenience for our users. You can obtain these kernels at:
>
> i586: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/full/downloads-fc6-kernel-i586.php
> i686: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/full/downloads-fc6-kernel-i686.php
>
> Then, install the kernel and reboot in this new kernel. Finally download and 
> install the HCF driver package for this new kernel version. You can also 
> obtain it from the HCF driver download page at:
>
> http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hcf/full/downloads.php
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
>
>
>
> Charles M. Register wrote:
>> I am seeing a kernel panic early in the boot process, during "Starting 
>> udev".  This is immediately after installing hcfpcimodem (licensed version) 
>> on a freshly installed Fedora Core 6 box.  The hcfpcimodem drivers had been 
>> working fine on this same hardware for over a year under Fedora Core 4.
>> 
>> To be safe, I booted in single user mode before installing the hcfpcimodem 
>> driver.  There were no errors from the "rpm -iv" install process other than 
>> the expected "taints kernel" message, but the system will not reboot.  I 
>> had to boot from a FC6 rescue disk to uninstall the hcfpcimodem drivers. 
>> The problem is repeatable.
>> 
>> I have the output of hcfpciconfig --dumpdiag" ready to submit, but first 
>> I'm hoping someone on the list will spot the obvious thing I've surely 
>> overlooked.  Thanks.
>>
>>            -- Charlie
>> 
>> Hardware: Dell Optiplex GX240 / Conexant HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 08)
>> OS: Fedora Core 6 with i686 kernel 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
>> HCF Driver: hcfpcimodem-1.11full_k2.6.19_1.2895.fc6-1fdr.i686.rpm
>> 
>> $ uname -a
>> Linux sarek 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 #1 SMP Mon Oct 16 14:54:20 EDT 2006 i686 i686 
>> i386 GNU/Linux
>> 
>