>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@linux-foundation.org]
> > Sent: Thu 5/1/2008 1:30 PM
> > To: Roth, Ryan/RDD
> > Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org;
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10586] New: High Number of Segfaults
> > onMacBookStarting With 2.6.24.5 Kernel
> >
> > On Thu, 1 May 2008 14:09:00 -0600
> > <Ryan.Roth@CH2M.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@linux-foundation.org]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:05 PM
> > > > To: Roth, Ryan/RDD
> > > > Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org;
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10586] New: High Number of Segfaults
> > > > onMacBook Starting With 2.6.24.5 Kernel
> > > >
> > > > (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via
> > > > the bugzilla web interface).
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 1 May 2008 12:30:18 -0700 (PDT)
> > > >
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10586
> > > > >
> > > > > Summary: High Number of Segfaults on MacBook Starting
> > With
> > > > > 2.6.24.5 Kernel
> > > > > Product: Memory Management
> > > > > Version: 2.5
> > > > > KernelVersion: 2.6.24.5
> > > > > Platform: All
> > > > > OS/Version: Linux
> > > > > Tree: Mainline
> > > > > Status: NEW
> > > > > Severity: normal
> > > > > Priority: P1
> > > > > Component: Other
> > > > > AssignedTo:
akpm@osdl.org
> > > > > ReportedBy:
ryan.roth@ch2m.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Latest working kernel version: 2.6.23?
> > > > > Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.24.5
> > > > > Distribution: Fedora 8 x86_64
> > > > > Hardware Environment: MacBook
> > > > > Problem Description: Extremely high number of segfaults. Suspect
> > > > > that this may have to do with some sort of change in memory
> > remapping
> > > > > changes in the kernel.
> > > >
> > > > This report is a bit mysterious. I assume you're referring to x86's
> > > >
> > > > "%s%s[%d]: segfault at %lx ip %08lx sp %08lx error %lx"
> > > >
> > > > printk in the kernel logs?
> > > >
> > > > Can you please send some examples of the log output?
> > > >
> > > > Is there actually any observeable problem apart from the logs? Are
> > > > applications dying where they previously did not?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes there is a issue with a lot of apps dying, especially the
> > > gnome-power-* apps which means my power management fails to work
> > > frequently. I'm on Git-10 currently and I'm going to patch it up to
> > > date right now because it looks like there have been some memory remap
> > > patches lately. I will update the list after I do so.
> > >
> >
> > OK, worried. This is a huge bug. But afaik you're the only person
> > who has
> > hit it, so there must be something special in your setup which is
> > triggering it. This could be hard.
> >
>
> OK here is what I get with the git16 kernel. On boot I get this error:
>
> PCI: Not using MMCONFIG
> PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at f0000000 is not reserved in ACPI motherboard
> resources
> PCI: Not using MMCONFIG
>
> Attached is a complete log after this boot
