Re: Random boot fail on 'cannot allocate trampoline' on Intel DQ57TM board with B.11 BIOS

Re: Random boot fail on 'cannot allocate trampoline' on Intel DQ57TM board with B.11 BIOS

[joeyli]

於 二，2012-09-04 於 11:43 -0700，H. Peter Anvin 提到：
> On 08/28/2012 08:48 PM, joeyli wrote:
> > Hi all experts, 
> > 
> > I tried the EFI_STUB on v3.6-rc1 kernel on Intel DQ57TM board with B.11
> > BIOS that's the only one sample board on my hand. I found it can't boot
> > success most time, fail rate is about 80% (run 6 times only 1 time boot
> > success).
> > When issue reproduced, kernel emit a panic message like through serial
> > console like the following:
> > 
> 
> This is odd... there is plenty of low memory which should have been
> available for the trampoline.  The ACPI errors is another issue, of
> course...
> 
> 	-hpa
> 

I moved all memory modules (have 2 in this machine) to channel A, then I
didn't reproduce this issue anymore. 

Just add this information for note to DQ57TM users.


Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee

Re: Random boot fail on 'cannot allocate trampoline' on Intel DQ57TM board with B.11 BIOS

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 12/03/2012 07:18 PM, joeyli wrote:
> 於 二，2012-09-04 於 11:43 -0700，H. Peter Anvin 提到：
>> On 08/28/2012 08:48 PM, joeyli wrote:
>>> Hi all experts,
>>>
>>> I tried the EFI_STUB on v3.6-rc1 kernel on Intel DQ57TM board with B.11
>>> BIOS that's the only one sample board on my hand. I found it can't boot
>>> success most time, fail rate is about 80% (run 6 times only 1 time boot
>>> success).
>>> When issue reproduced, kernel emit a panic message like through serial
>>> console like the following:
>>>
>>
>> This is odd... there is plenty of low memory which should have been
>> available for the trampoline.  The ACPI errors is another issue, of
>> course...
>>
>> 	-hpa
>>
>
> I moved all memory modules (have 2 in this machine) to channel A, then I
> didn't reproduce this issue anymore.
>
> Just add this information for note to DQ57TM users.
>

That will hurt your performance.

You list your BIOS version as "B.11" but that's not the typical 
nomenclature for BIOS on this board; the current BIOS version is 0050 
with the full version string being TMIBX10H.86A.0050.2011.1207.1134.

I'm wondering if you may need a BIOS update.  Also, are you booting in 
EFI mode or BIOS mode?

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

Re: Random boot fail on 'cannot allocate trampoline' on Intel DQ57TM board with B.11 BIOS

[joeyli]

於 一，2012-12-03 於 19:31 -0800，H. Peter Anvin 提到：
> On 12/03/2012 07:18 PM, joeyli wrote:
> > 於 二，2012-09-04 於 11:43 -0700，H. Peter Anvin 提到：
> >> On 08/28/2012 08:48 PM, joeyli wrote:
> >>> Hi all experts,
> >>>
> >>> I tried the EFI_STUB on v3.6-rc1 kernel on Intel DQ57TM board with B.11
> >>> BIOS that's the only one sample board on my hand. I found it can't boot
> >>> success most time, fail rate is about 80% (run 6 times only 1 time boot
> >>> success).
> >>> When issue reproduced, kernel emit a panic message like through serial
> >>> console like the following:
> >>>
> >>
> >> This is odd... there is plenty of low memory which should have been
> >> available for the trampoline.  The ACPI errors is another issue, of
> >> course...
> >>
> >> 	-hpa
> >>
> >
> > I moved all memory modules (have 2 in this machine) to channel A, then I
> > didn't reproduce this issue anymore.
> >
> > Just add this information for note to DQ57TM users.
> >
> 
> That will hurt your performance.

Yes, but it's better then I face to 80% boot fail.

> 
> You list your BIOS version as "B.11" but that's not the typical 
> nomenclature for BIOS on this board; the current BIOS version is 0050 
> with the full version string being TMIBX10H.86A.0050.2011.1207.1134.
> 
> I'm wondering if you may need a BIOS update.  Also, are you booting in 
> EFI mode or BIOS mode?
> 
> 	-hpa
> 
> 

My BIOS was downloaded from:

UEFI Driver and Application Tool Resources - Intel
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/unified-extensible-firmware-interface/uefi-driver-and-application-tool-resources.html

Intel DQ57TM is still the official development board for UEFI, and B.11
is the newest BIOS version. I need update to B.11 for test secure boot
stuff:

SDV.TM.B11: Intel® DQ57TM UEFI 2.3.1 Development Kit BIOS Release (July 2012)   <=== newest version
SDV.TM.B10: Intel® DQ57TM UEFI 2.3.1 Development Kit BIOS Release (May 2012)

In BIOS menu and dmidecode show up the same version string:

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
        Vendor: Intel Corp.
        Version: Build SDV.TM.B11 Release (CSM Available)

But, as your remind, this issue related to BIOS, I didn't see this problem before update to B.11.


Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee