Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755305AbXKUTsw (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:48:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752841AbXKUTso (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:48:44 -0500 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.237]:36956 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752553AbXKUTsn (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:48:43 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mjWJXQ+yD38tfPsH6+DgGnLYfOpIzqKmSRduriPXJZM/+y7zFxLuaHVqAa2kYzmfbZ/iHxRppBceriZNkUwtvhoHMPpYLHuD2VqrgDfELz9vq+CZ13DsRMc2CCpdqNgvklmDy/uRdlUqoN1/qhfAzWH/wqmtbf9Xr0ZLF44FZSU= Message-ID: <64bb37e0711211148x5383e1d3n3bd7fd86bb68d7d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:48:42 +0100 From: "Torsten Kaiser" To: "Len Brown" Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc3-mm1 - Kernel Panic on IO-APIC Cc: "Andrew Morton" , "Kamalesh Babulal" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andy Whitcroft" , "Balbir Singh" , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "Thomas Gleixner" , "Ingo Molnar" In-Reply-To: <200711211422.32908.lenb@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071120204525.ff27ac98.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4743CC0B.9000508@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071120221839.faab108e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <200711211422.32908.lenb@kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1869 Lines: 49 On Nov 21, 2007 8:22 PM, Len Brown wrote: > On Wednesday 21 November 2007 01:18, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:41:23 +0530 Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > > > > SMP alternatives: switching to UP code > > > ACPI: Core revision 20070126 > > > ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC > > did previous kernels print this too? Not since my last BIOS upgrade. This is from what dmesg's I still had laying around: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1: No 2.6.23-rc1-mm1, 2.6.23-rc2-mm1, 2.6.23-rc3-mm1: Yes 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 after BIOS upgrade: No 2.6.23-rc4-mm1...2.6.24-rc2-mm1: No > > > Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter > > > > ACPI or x86 breakage, I guess. > > If you suspect ACPI breakage, then try "acpi=off" or "acpi=noirq". ACPI doesn't look guilty. acpi=noirq: [ 39.905884] Freeing SMP alternatives: 28k freed [ 39.910674] ACPI: Core revision 20070126 [ 39.916542] ACPI: setting ELCR to 0e20 (from 0c20) [ 39.921855] ExtINT not setup in hardware but reported by MP table [ 39.928244] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC [ 39.934586] Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter [ 39.934587] acpi=off: [ 0.000000] Freeing SMP alternatives: 28k freed [ 0.000000] ExtINT not setup in hardware but reported by MP table [ 0.000000] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC [ 0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter [ 0.000000] Torsten - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/