kern/66114: kernel panic on boot, Sony Vaio PCG-R600HFPD laptop, 5.2.1 boot disks

[Raphael Langerhorst]

>Number:         66114
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       kernel panic on boot, Sony Vaio PCG-R600HFPD laptop, 5.2.1 boot disks
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Apr 30 07:50:20 PDT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Raphael Langerhorst
>Release:        5.2.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
boot floppies from 5.2.1-RELEASE (uname can't be executed, kernel panic on boot)
>Description:
      when booting a Sony Vaio PCG-R600HFPD (I "think" its model name is "R505DL" in the USA, this one is the European version) kernel panic happens with the following output (I hope there are no typos):

..
..
ata1: [MPSAFE]
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached)
pci0: <simple comms> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
eisa0: <EISA bus> on motherboard
eisa0: unknown card B at H000 (0x08080000) at slot 1


Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode
cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
instruction pointer     = 0x58:0x81d1
stack pointer           = 0x10:0xeb8
frame pointer           = 0x10:0xf0e
code segment            = base 0xc00f0000, limit 0xffff, type 0x1b
                        = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 0, gran 0
processor eflags        = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
current process         = 0 (swapper)
trap number             = 9
panic: general protection fault
cpuid = 0;
Uptime = 1s
Automatic reboot in 15 seconds.....



Notes:

I didn't provide any options on booting.

The floppies work on other hosts (so it shouldn't be a "bad disc sectors" fault).
>How-To-Repeat:
      boot a Sony Vaio PCG-R600HFPD (or R600HFP - the "D" only means "with docking station") with the installation floppies from the FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE.

Notes: it's the floppy drive from the docking station, so laptop is attached. Wireless LAN card is turned "off" while booting (I'm quite sure it's on a pcmcia slot, although you can't eject or insert it).

.. it's exactly the same with WLAN "on".
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: