Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755585AbYAQJyN (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:54:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751588AbYAQJx6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:53:58 -0500 Received: from slowhand.arndnet.de ([88.198.19.76]:58599 "EHLO mail.unitix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751132AbYAQJx5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:53:57 -0500 Message-ID: <478F25D6.3060503@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:54:30 +0100 From: Arnd Hannemann User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andres Salomon CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jordan Crouse Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc8 hangs at mfgpt-timer References: <478E4267.7020509@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <20080116161912.7b449466@ephemeral> <20080116165606.3ebc06a4@ephemeral> In-Reply-To: <20080116165606.3ebc06a4@ephemeral> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1547 Lines: 45 Andres Salomon schrieb: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:19:12 -0500 > Andres Salomon wrote: > >> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:44:07 +0100 >> Arnd Hannemann wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to boot 2.6.24-rc8 on a GEODE LX board (ALIX.3), >>> and it hangs during boot: >>> >>> [ 12.689971] NET: Registered protocol family 16 >>> [ 12.703329] geode-mfgpt: Registered timer 0 >>> [ 12.716149] mfgpt-timer: registering the MFGT timer as a clock event... >>> >> >> What BIOS are you using? It's possible that our detection code is >> failing to detect in-use timers. I'm using v0.99 (latest available). Also note when I do enable the mysterios "MFGPT workaround" option in the bios the machine hangs directly after: [ 36.780990] NET: Registered protocol family 16 > > > Also, could you provide a log with the following (untested) patch? I'm > curious how many MFGPTs we're actually detecting as being available, and > the existing code is backwards. The relevant part would be: [ 23.092507] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [ 23.105875] geode-mfgpt: 8 MFGPT timers available [ 23.120247] geode-mfgpt: Registered timer 0 [ 23.133076] mfgpt-timer: registering the MFGT timer as a clock event. Best regards, Arnd Hannemann -- 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/