Asset ID:	1-72-1009332.1
Update Date:	2011-12-20
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Solution Type  Problem Resolution Sure

Solution  1009332.1 :   Sun Fire[TM] 3800, v1280, E2900, 4800, 4810, E4900, 6800 and E6900 and Netra 1280, 1290: Certain Memory Configurations with 5.19.0 and 5.19.1 May panic on boot with init level POST  


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Symptoms
Certain System Board and Memory Configurations with 5.19.0 and 5.19.1 May panic on boot with init level POST.

Reference Bug 6319704.

Resolution
Installing 5.19.2 or higher will fix it.

Booting with a level of POST higher than init will not panic.

Relief/Workaround
Use a level of post higher than init. Default or max can be run.

Additional Information
Several different panic strings have been seen:

Solaris[TM] 10:
#1 panic[cpu4]/thread=10408000: page_free

#2 panic[cpu4]/thread=10408000: hat_memload: loading a mapping to free page 3103a001000

#3 panic[cpu4]/thread=10408000: page_list_sub: large page on cachelist

Solaris[TM] 9:

krtld: load_exec: fail to expand cpu/$CPU
krtld: error during initial load/link phase
panic - boot: exitto64 returned from client program

Solaris[TM] 8 has not seen this issue.

Product
Sun Fire V1280 Server
Sun Fire E6900 Server
Sun Fire E4900 Server
Sun Fire E2900 Server
Sun Fire 6800 Server
Sun Fire 4800 Server

Internal Comments
The following is strictly for the use of Sun employees:

So far it has only been seen on one configuration in OPS. 4 SB fully configured
with 512 MB DIMMs. It may appear on other configurations as well. It has not
been seen on 5.18.x


See:
6319704 Panic seen on Serengeti with 5.19.1 firmware after post level of init.



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