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Bug ID 6571080
Synopsis i86_monitor() panics when booting 32bit kernel
State 10-Fix Delivered (Fix available in build)
Category:Subcategory kernel:arch-x86
Keywords
Responsible Engineer Bill Holler
Reported Against snv_68
Duplicate Of
Introduced In solaris_nevada
Commit to Fix snv_68
Fixed In snv_68
Release Fixed solaris_nevada(snv_68) , solaris_10u5(s10u5_03) (Bug ID:2153590)
Related Bugs 6495392
Submit Date 19-June-2007
Last Update Date 3-July-2007
Description 
The latest nv nightly build (as of Jun 18, 07) panics during boot on Dell D620, IBM z61t. The panic only happens when booting with 32bit kernel.
Work Around 
Boot to kmdb and set idle_cpu_prefer_mwait to 0.
Add "-k -d" to the 32-bit grub boot line to boot into kmdb.  When boot stops
in kmdb type:
idle_cpu_prefer_mwait/W0
:c
Comments 
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