Re: FreeBSD image hangs during boot

Aurelien Jarno
2007-10-05T13:51:22Z

On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 03:25:05PM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> Digging in the FreeBSD sources I found the origin of the problem:
>
> I added some ACPI traces:
>
> rsirq-0234 [13] RsIrqResource : Invalid interrupt polarity/trigger in
> resource list, 10
>
> Which is in /sys/contrib/dev/acpica/rsirq.c :
>
>
> /*
> * Check for HE, LL interrupts
> */
> switch (Temp8 & 0x09)
> {
> case 0x01: /* HE */
> OutputStruct->Data.Irq.EdgeLevel = ACPI_EDGE_SENSITIVE;
> OutputStruct->Data.Irq.ActiveHighLow = ACPI_ACTIVE_HIGH;
> break;
>
> case 0x08: /* LL */
> OutputStruct->Data.Irq.EdgeLevel = ACPI_LEVEL_SENSITIVE;
> OutputStruct->Data.Irq.ActiveHighLow = ACPI_ACTIVE_LOW;
> break;
>
> default:
> /*
> * Only _LL and _HE polarity/trigger interrupts
> * are allowed (ACPI spec, section "IRQ Format")
> * so 0x00 and 0x09 are illegal.
> */
> ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT ((ACPI_DB_ERROR,
> "Invalid interrupt polarity/trigger in resource list, %X\n", Tem
> p8));
> return_ACPI_STATUS (AE_BAD_DATA);
> }
>

Good catch!

> Conclusion, in kvm-userspace/bios/acpi-dsdt.dsl, if you have "ActiveHigh", you
> must have "Edge" instead of "Level":
>
> - IRQ (Level, ActiveHigh, Shared)
> + IRQ (Edge, ActiveHigh, Shared)
>
> But I found nothing in ACPI specification explaining the freeBSD behavior.
>

It's actually described page 200 of the specifications (page 216 in
ACPIspec30.pdf):

Note: This descriptor is meant for describing interrupts that are connected to PIC-compatible
interrupt controllers, which can only be programmed for Active-High-Edge-Triggered or Active-
Low-Level-Triggered interrupts. Any other combination is illegal. The Extended Interrupt
Descriptor can be used to describe other combinations.

> Avi, if you think this anlysis is correct I can provide the patch changing
> "Level" to "Edge"...
>

It looks like the solution is either to describe the IRQ with an
"Extended Interrupt Descriptor" or to change this value to one of the
two allowed values. In the later case we have to make sure it is
consistent with the way the PIC works.

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