Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757094AbYAQUmS (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:42:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753044AbYAQUmH (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:42:07 -0500 Received: from mail.queued.net ([207.210.101.209]:1091 "EHLO mail.queued.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752503AbYAQUmG (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:42:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:42:22 -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: <20080117154222.6587864b@ephemeral> In-Reply-To: <478FB255.5040001@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> <20080117134032.4cc1a1cf@ephemeral> <478FB255.5040001@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: 2117 Lines: 65 On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:53:57 +0100 Arnd Hannemann wrote: > Andres Salomon schrieb: > > 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. > > Its an ALIX board from PCEngines, they have their own BIOS > implementation (tinyBios). > http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm > Ah, okay. I couldn't find anything about MFGPTs in the available source, but I did find the following: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.voyage.general/1824 It would appear that something between 0.90 and 0.92 changed that has broken things. There's also a changelog here: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=6729.15 Note two MFGPT-related entries in 0.92: - disable CS5536 diverse device power management to avoid MFGPT / interrupt issues. - MFGPT issues: please observe AMD CS5536 data book section 5.16.3, incorrect initialization sequence can HANG the system. I'm assuming the first is messing w/ DIVIL_GLD_MSR_PM... -- 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/