Call for testing: 32-bit AMD CPU owners

[Fred Smith]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:39:57PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 06:11:47PM -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> > On Wed, 2015-09-16 at 12:08 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > Hi, folks!
> > > 
> > > We've found an issue in Fedora 23 Beta testing which seems to affect
> > > AMD CPUs when booting the 32-bit images:
> > > 
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263762
> > > 
> > > unfortunately, so far all those who've tested have only had 64-bit
> > > CPUs. So we know there's a problem booting the 32-bit images on some
> > > 64-bit AMD CPUs, but we don't know yet if there's a problem booting
> > > the 32-bit images on 32-bit AMD CPUs, which is obviously the main
> > > reason we still keep the 32-bit images around (people with 64-bit
> > > CPUs
> > > can just use the 64-bit images).
> > 
> > 
> > One additional request: it's unclear right now (and we don't have
> > available hardware to test) if there is also a failure happening on 64-
> > bit AMD systems that are running on i686 Fedora.
> > 
> > If someone out there has access to hardware that hits BZ #1263762,
> > would you please try installing Fedora 22 i686, updating to all the
> > latest stable packages, plus dnf-plugin-system-upgrade from updates-
> > testing and then do an upgrade using the supported mechanism[1] and
> > verify whether A) the upgrade runs or aborts, leaving F22 present and
> > B) if it completes the upgrade, is the system bootable and runnable.
> > 
> > This will help us figure out how serious to rate this issue. (For new
> > installs, we can probably advocate simply using the 64-bit media; for
> > existing installs, irrecoverably breaking on upgrade could be a show-
> > stopper).
> > 
> > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade
> 
> FYI, using the f23 alpha  iso: 
> Fedora-Server-DVD-i386-23_Alpha.isoFedora-Server-DVD-i386-23_Alpha.iso
> 
> gives a panic message that looks very much like the one shown in 
> Bugzilla.
> 
> This is on an AMD FX6300 six-core processor.
> 
> If this hits the thing you wanted to know about, and if you need any
> more info, you need only ask.
> 
> Fred

PS:
I also have a really old Thunderbird-family 1.0 GHz Athlon and
motherboard. Do any of you think that would be worthwhile to test
this 32-bit issue? or is it too ancient?

If so, I can set it up on a tabletop with some components, tomorrow,
and see what happens...


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