[fedora-arm] Kernel issues with fedora-17+qemu not completely fixed

[Alex Villací­s Lasso]

I noticed that package kernel-3.3.2-2.fc17.armv5tel was available for update, and I downloaded the package with yum, along with some other packages (under kernel 2.6.42.9-1.fc15.armv5tel). The good news is that this new kernel boots correctly with its 
initramfs with qemu. The bad news is that something is causing segfaults when trying to bring up the network services, as shown in the log extract:

Dec 31 19:00:51 rpmbuild-arm kernel: [   30.175234] aaci-pl041 fpga:04: ARM AC'97 Interface PL041 rev0 at 0x10004000, irq 24
Dec 31 19:00:51 rpmbuild-arm kernel: [   30.175605] aaci-pl041 fpga:04: FIFO 512 entries
Dec 31 19:00:51 rpmbuild-arm kernel: [   32.672362] Adding 4200992k swap on /dev/sda2.  Priority:0 extents:1 across:4200992k
Dec 31 19:00:51 rpmbuild-arm kernel: [   34.807927] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounting ext3 file system using the ext4 subsystem
Dec 31 19:00:51 rpmbuild-arm network[284]: /etc/init.d/functions: line 662:   327 Segmentation fault      sysctl -e -p /etc/sysctl.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
Dec 31 19:00:51 rpmbuild-arm kernel: [   34.932030] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Dec 31 19:00:51 rpmbuild-arm kernel: [   42.364198] rtc-ds1307: probe of 0-0068 failed with error -5
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm network[284]: Bringing up loopback interface:  /etc/init.d/functions: line 584:   328 Segmentation fault      "$@"
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm network[284]: [FAILED]
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm network[284]: /etc/rc.d/init.d/network: line 55:   330 Segmentation fault      /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/init.ipv6-global start post
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm network[284]: /etc/init.d/functions: line 662:   331 Segmentation fault      sysctl -e -p /etc/sysctl.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm udevd[188]: worker [329] terminated by signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm udevd[188]: worker [329] failed while handling '/devices/virtual/vc/vcs3'
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm udevd[188]: worker [333] terminated by signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm udevd[188]: worker [333] failed while handling '/devices/virtual/vc/vcs5'
Dec 31 19:00:52 rpmbuild-arm network[284]: /etc/rc.d/init.d/network: line 55:   332 Segmentation fault      touch /var/lock/subsys/network
Dec 31 19:00:53 rpmbuild-arm dbus-daemon[312]: dbus[312]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper)
Dec 31 19:00:53 rpmbuild-arm dbus[312]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper)
Dec 31 19:00:53 rpmbuild-arm dbus[312]: [system] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' failed: Process /lib/dbus-1/dbus-daemon-launch-helper exited, reason unknown
Dec 31 19:00:53 rpmbuild-arm dbus-daemon[312]: dbus[312]: [system] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' failed: Process /lib/dbus-1/dbus-daemon-launch-helper exited,
reason unknown
Dec 31 19:00:53 rpmbuild-arm NetworkManager[288]: <error> [53.829675] [nm-manager-auth.c:87] pk_authority_get(): Failed to initialize PolicyKit: (0) Error initializing authorit
y: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: Process /lib/dbus-1/dbus-daemon-launch-helper exited, reason
unknown
Dec 31 19:00:54 rpmbuild-arm NetworkManager[288]:    ifcfg-rh: Acquired D-Bus service com.redhat.ifcfgrh1

Booting with kernel 2.6.42.9-1.fc15.armv5tel after the update again works correctly.