| SRDB ID | Synopsis | Date | ||
| 27831 | Sun Blade 100 panics during boot on Solaris 8 releases earlier than 4/01 | 26 Jul 2001 |
| Status | Issued |
| Description |
Sun Blade 100 will panic on boot after displaying copyright banner and will keep rebooting itself and panicking several times before the system will boot completely.
Rebooting with command: boot Boot device: disk:a File and args: SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-05 64-bit Copyright 1983-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. / panic[cpu0]/thread=10408000: mutex_enter: adaptive at high PIL, lp=104250a8 owner=10408000 thread=10408000 skipping system dump - no dump device configured rebooting... Resetting ...
Problem evaluated in Bug ID
SOLUTION SUMMARY:
1) Ensure the OBP is revision 4.0.40 or higher. If not, update with the latest revision of:
Patch-ID#111179 -02 Keywords: Desktop Standalone Flash PROM Update Synopsis: Hardware/PROM: Blade 100 Flash PROM Update
2) Install the latest revision of SunOS 5.8 kernel update patch (must be revision -06 or higher)
Patch-ID#108528 -09 Keywords: security DNLC kaio cPCI db21554 pcf8574 ssre pcipsy I2C sbus devlinks Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: kernel update patch
Alternative quick fix (temporary measure only):
Add the following entry to the /etc/driver_aliases file.
pcipsy "pci108e,a001"
INTERNAL SUMMARY:
SUBMITTER: David Curtis BUG REPORT ID: 4392082, 4393404 PATCH ID: 111179, 108528 APPLIES TO: Hardware/Ultra Workstations, Operating Systems/Solaris/Solaris 8, OS Install/Boot/System Boot, OS Kernel ATTACHMENTS: