Red Hat ES 4 Kickstart does not find e1000

Thu Apr 12 16:44:00 UTC 2007

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Richard Skelton wrote:

> Hi,
> I have successfully built this Supermicro X7DVL-E system with kickstart under 
> Red Hat ES 3 update 8 but when I change to Red Hat ES 4 it fails to find any 
> network devices so it can't download the ks.cfg file from my NFS server.

There were a lot of network devices added to RHEL 4 in the latest
updates with kernels beyond 2.6.9-34.  Any update with 2.6.9-42 and
greater should support that network driver.  The Kickstart howto describes
how to add these newer network drivers to the initrd.img if necessary.

Steve

>
> This is the console output
>
> Linux version 2.6.9-34.EL (bhcompile at hs20-bc1-1.build.redhat.com) (gcc 
> version 3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2)) #1 Fri Feb 24 16:46:41 EST 2006
> BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
> BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000089000 (usable)
> BIOS-e820: 0000000000089000 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cff60000 (usable)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000cff60000 - 00000000cff69000 (ACPI data)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000cff69000 - 00000000cff80000 (ACPI NVS)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000cff80000 - 00000000d0000000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 00000000ff000000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
> BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 0000000230000000 (usable)
> No mptable found.
> DMI present.
> ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
> ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
> Processor #0 6:15 APIC version 16
> ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x06] enabled)
> Processor #6 6:15 APIC version 16
> WARNING: NR_CPUS limit of 1 reached. Processor ignored.
> ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
> Processor #1 6:15 APIC version 16
> WARNING: NR_CPUS limit of 1 reached. Processor ignored.
> ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x07] enabled)
> Processor #7 6:15 APIC version 16
> WARNING: NR_CPUS limit of 1 reached. Processor ignored.
> ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
> ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
> ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
> ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
> Setting APIC routing to flat
> ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
> IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
> ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x03] address[0xfec80000] gsi_base[24])
> IOAPIC[1]: apic_id 3, version 32, address 0xfec80000, GSI 24-47
> ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 high edge)
> ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
> Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
> Checking aperture...
> Built 1 zonelists
> Kernel command line: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0,38400 
> initrd=initrd.gold4.0-x86_64.img network 
> ks=nfs:brscs05.brs.infineon.com:/view/pxebuild/vob_tags/projects/pxebuild/kickstart/supermicro-x86_64-gold4.0.cfg 
> ksdevice=eth0 lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216 ide4=0 ide5=0
> ide_setup: ide4=0
>
> ide_setup: ide5=0
>
> Initializing CPU#0
> PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 131072 bytes)
> time.c: Using 3.579545 MHz PM timer.
> time.c: Detected 3000.219 MHz processor.
> time.c: Using PIT/TSC based timekeeping.
> Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
> Dentry cache hash table entries: 2097152 (order: 12, 16777216 bytes)
> Inode-cache hash table entries: 1048576 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes)
> Placing software IO TLB between 0xa32b000 - 0xe32b000
> Memory: 8161952k/9175040k available (2406k kernel code, 225180k reserved, 
> 1306k data, 164k init)
> Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 6006.45 BogoMIPS 
> (lpj=3003227)
> Security Scaffold v1.0.0 initialized
> SELinux:  Initializing.
> SELinux:  Starting in permissive mode
> There is already a security framework initialized, register_security failed.
> selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
> Capability LSM initialized as secondary
> Mount-cache hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
> CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
> CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
> using mwait in idle threads.
> MCE: warning: using only 6 banks
> CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5160  @ 3.00GHz stepping 06
> Using IO APIC NMI watchdog
> activating NMI Watchdog ... done.
> testing NMI watchdog ... OK.
> Using local APIC timer interrupts.
> Detected 20.834 MHz APIC timer.
> checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an 
> initrd
> NET: Registered protocol family 16
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: Using MMCONFIG at e0000000
> mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
> ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040816
> ACPI: Interpreter enabled
> ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
> ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
> PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
> PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:1f.1
> PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 14 15) *9
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 14 15)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 4 5 6 7 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 4 5 6 7 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
> usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
> usbcore: registered new driver hub
> PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.3[D] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:04:00.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:07:01.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
> PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:08.0
> PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
> Simple Boot Flag at 0x36 set to 0x1
> IA32 emulation $Id: sys_ia32.c,v 1.32 2002/03/24 13:02:28 ak Exp $
> audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
> audit(1176390470.710:1): initialized
> Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
> VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
> Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
> SELinux:  Registering netfilter hooks
> Initializing Cryptographic API
> ksign: Installing public key data
> Loading keyring
> - Added public key 7A8610E3876AC431
> - User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel Module GPG key)
> pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
> ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1, 8 throttling states)
> Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
> Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
> serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
> Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
> tyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 9216K size 1024 blocksize
> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
> ESB2: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
> ESB2: chipset revision 9
> ESB2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>    ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1880-0x1887, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:DMA
> hdb: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8178, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> Using cfq io scheduler
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide4: I/O resource 0x0-0x7 not free.
> ide4: ports already in use, skipping probe
> ide5: I/O resource 0x0-0x7 not free.
> ide5: ports already in use, skipping probe
> hdb: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
> ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
> usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
> usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
> NET: Registered protocol family 2
> IP: routing cache hash table of 16384 buckets, 896Kbytes
> TCP: Hash tables configured (established 524288 bind 37449)
> Initializing IPsec netlink socket
> NET: Registered protocol family 1
> NET: Registered protocol family 17
> ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
> ACPI wakeup devices:
> BPD0 BPD2 BMF3 PEX0 USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 EUSB PCIB KBC0 MSE0 COM1 COM2
> md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
> md: autorun ...
> md: ... autorun DONE.
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> 9;0]8]Greetings.
> anaconda installer init version 10.1.1.37 starting
> mounting /proc filesystem... done
> mounting /dev/pts (unix98 pty) filesystem... done
> mounting /sys filesystem... done
> anaconda installer init version 10.1.1.37 using a serial console
> remember, cereal is an important part of a nutritionally balanced breakfast.
>
> trying to remount root filesystem read write... done
> mounting /tmp as ramfs... done
> running install...
> running /sbin/loader
>
>

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