Re: AMD64 - kernel freezes when inserting processor/powernow-k8 module

[Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>]

Hi!

> the machine (AMD64 - 3200+) seems to have a terrible written DSDT.
> After disassembling I could fix several small errors to get it 
> compiled again.

That's Arima, right? Is it production hw, btw?

I hate marketing numbers; is it 2GHz CPU? I have 2GHz Arima prototype here.
I got it to work okay, modulo internal speakers (headphones work)
and keyboard likes to loose clicks.

> loading the powernow-k8 module freezes the machine immediately 
> (POWERNOW-K8_ACPI compiled in and not compiled in)
> 
> loading the processor module freezes the machine also at once.
> (could not get any info, even with acpi_debug function trace on, 
> syslog buffering disabled).
> 
> Other ACPI related modules load and work fine (ac, battery, fan, of 
> course not thermal as it depends on the processor mod).

Strange, these work for me.

Ouch, you do know about neccesity of moving IO_PORT_BASE, right?

> If someone has a similar machine (AMD64 3200+), I would appreciate if 
> you can send me your DSDT to compare it with mine.

Ping me privately.
				Pavel
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