panic with kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3smp

[Timothy Murphy]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>> I updated to the 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 kernels on a Dell Dimension 8400
>> (Intel P4/Xeon).  When it boots, the following error messages are
>> displayed on the console:
>> 
>>    insmod: error inserting '/lib/ata_piix.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in
>>    module ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally
>> 
>> Then it halts with a kernel panic.
>> 
>> Among the dozen machines I maintain, this is the only one with SATA
>> drives.  The kernel update on all the other machines went fine.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
> 
> Please look at bugzilla.redhat.com.

Unfortunately it is absurdly difficult to search the bugzilla list.
The whole bugzilla setup is very off-putting;
this is a serious flaw in Fedora.

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