SLES10SP3 panics with: Kernel panic - not syncing: Not enough memory for aperture
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3
Situation
Concerns x86_64 only.
After updating to kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.60.1 on a x86-64 installation, the system stops with messages like:
After updating to kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.60.1 on a x86-64 installation, the system stops with messages like:
Checking aperture... CPU 0: aperture @ 1900000000 size 32 MB Aperture from northbridge cpu 0 too small (32 MB) No AGP bridge found Your BIOS doesn't leave a aperture memory hole Please enable the IOMMU option in the BIOS setup This costs you 64 MB of RAM Cannot allocate aperture memory hole (ffff810104000000,65536K) Kernel panic - not syncing: Not enough memory for apertureBooting with kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.59.1 does not show this behavior.
Resolution
Solution:
Please update to kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.66.1.x86_64 or later
Workaround:
As an interim solution the x86-64 architecture specific boot option
may be used to get the system back online.
Please update to kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.66.1.x86_64 or later
Workaround:
As an interim solution the x86-64 architecture specific boot option
iommu=soft
may be used to get the system back online.
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- Document ID:7005733
- Creation Date: 14-Apr-2010
- Modified Date:10-Mar-2021
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