Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754876AbYAQSkb (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:40:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752067AbYAQSkS (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:40:18 -0500 Received: from mail.queued.net ([207.210.101.209]:2560 "EHLO mail.queued.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751566AbYAQSkQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:40:16 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:40:32 -0500 From: Andres Salomon To: Arnd Hannemann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jordan Crouse Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc8 hangs at mfgpt-timer Message-ID: <20080117134032.4cc1a1cf@ephemeral> In-Reply-To: <478F25D6.3060503@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <478E4267.7020509@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <20080116161912.7b449466@ephemeral> <20080116165606.3ebc06a4@ephemeral> <478F25D6.3060503@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.12.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2017 Lines: 64 On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:54:30 +0100 Arnd Hannemann wrote: > 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). v0.99 of what? Jordan seems to think it's an Award BIOS, but I'd like to make sure. > 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 "MFGPT workaround"? That sounds a bit frightening. Presumably, the BIOS is using the MFGPTs, but we're not detecting them as being in use. I'm assuming that booting with 'nomfgpt' works for you? > > > > > > > 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/