Hi Patrick It would be good to know if you have the same problem with the kernel version in unstable. The reason is that, that version has really a lot of bugs fixed. It will apply fine to the kernel in stable (as far as I have tested at least).
Best regards, // Ola On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:40:03AM +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > Package: kernel-patch-openvz > Version: 028.18.1+etch6 > Severity: critical > > Hi, > > the OpenVZ kernel patch causes random kernel panics on a production > server. Unfortunately I couldn't capture the whole output of the panic > ofter the serial console (because screen does not seem to capture > if the screen is not attached :(). The file that I will attach in a few > minutes is all I got. > > I set this to severity serious because it totally breaks my system (it > panics and is unresponsive after that, till I reset it) and also is > responsible for potential data loss (no syncing happens, kernel needs to > be reset without flushing buffers). > > There is another issue with IPv6 beeing enabled and the OpenVZ patches. > It then panics on reboot, causing the reboot to fail. But that just as > an unrelated sidenote (the current .config has IPv6 disabled). > > The issue did not happen with a stock kernel. > > Any ideas? > > Best Regards, > Patrick > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
