RE: malloc 1GB on a 2GB ia64 box fails - 17rc1 woes w/ qla1280 an

Matt_Domsch@Dell.com
Sun, 16 Dec 2001 15:47:54 -0600

> It didn't boot, though. qla1280 just hung after "verifying
> chip" phase.
> Strangely, I don't see any changes to qla1280.c in -rc1.

That's a known heisenbug on ia64, and it's been around for a while, not new
to recent kernels. Generally it disappears if you reboot, or try
introducing debugging to find it...

Thanks,
Matt

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