From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick Scharrenberg Subject: Re: pvops: AHCI problems with SB600 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:37:55 +0200 Message-ID: <4AB9D053.7000301@web.de> References: <4AB431AD.1030205@goop.org> <4AB4EEB8.7050107@web.de> <20090921150634.GD20933@phenom.dumpdata.com> <4AB89227.8050302@web.de> <20090922140825.GB21736@phenom.dumpdata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090922140825.GB21736@phenom.dumpdata.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge , Xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Hi, > Lets try a couple of more options, if this isn't too much of a trouble? That's fine with me. > You ought to have no trouble at 4GB. 6GB will fail if this is a DMA related > issue. It's exactly as you said. 4GB works, 6GB fails. > The log says: >> [ 2.209240] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround > That might be the reason your keyboard didn't work. Unless your keyboard is PS/2? I also tested the same kernel on an SB700 machine and there it works just fine including SATA and USB. The keyboard is a remote management card and is indeed connected via USB. > Looking at NewEgg for your motherboard it looks to _not_ have any serial output. > You would need to get a PCI Serial card for this thought. The board has a serial port but no external connector. I have a serial port bracket which I can install if it helps on. Is there anything else I can try meanwhile?