From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Ford Subject: Re: acpi problem with nforce motherboards and ethernet Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 14:44:44 -0500 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <40229D2C.20701@blue-labs.org> References: <402298C7.5050405@wanadoo.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <402298C7.5050405-39ZsbGIQGT7e5aOfsHch1g@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Luis_Miguel_Garc=EDa?= Cc: akpm-LL/9OlyS9hIAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, a.verweij-oe7qfRrRQfeEZXFvZSAUrfP6llvjuJOh@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org I have the same problem. I "solved" it a while ago by mucking with the=20 AGP stuff. IIRC, it was turning off AGP fast writes or 8x or something=20 similar in cmos. Went from incredibly broken to stable instantly. I'll=20 check my cmos settings in a bit and refresh my memory. What patches are you using? p.s. reiserfs is pretty useless against crashes. hundreds of files=20 around the harddrive get messed up everytime the machine locks=20 up...files that haven't been used in weeks, as well as files opened=20 read-only, i.e. libraries. Luis Miguel Garc=EDa wrote: > (sorry with my sucking english) > > ok, let me know if you know for me to test something with this newer=20 > mm kernels. > > by the way, yes, I'm experiencing the lockups. Not with heavy io, but=20 > almost when I boot and enter X. The system gets completly frozzened=20 > and the HD led keps on. When I reboot with a sane kernel, I found=20 > several files from my /home directory are deleted or filled with garbag= e. > > Now, I patch each kernel I use with the two patches Andrew sent to me=20 > and I'm having no problems. > > Actually i'm running 2.6.2-ck1 + nforce-patches and the temperature of=20 > the system is 55=BA while idle, and 631 while compiling (only cpu fan,=20 > no case fans). I don't know if it's high (some people reported high=20 > temperatures with this patches) but it runs very well this way. > > If you want for me to test some patches or something, please drop me a=20 > note. > > Thanks a lot... > > Luis Miguel Garc=EDa > > P.S.: by the way, why am I getting strage "arabesque" characters when=20 > I reply to your emails? Perhaps something with wrong encoding? > >> This is interesting, I will test it myself later on. At one point Len >> admitted to owning "foreign hardware :p" so maybe this could get=20 >> resolved. >> >> Personally I haven't tried kernels with newer forcedeth drivers,=20 >> because I >> can no longer explicitely set the power state of the NIC to D3. The >> machine complains about irqs (new debugging code since forcedeth v.20 = or >> so) and will not powerdown. >> >> On another note, have you noticed lockups of your system with heavy io= ? >> Think of fsck'ing, burning cdroms, du on large dirs etc? Maybe it is >> helpful to set up a list of boards and document what works or doesn't=20 >> work >> with which kernel. For instance the lockups with heavy io seem to be >> resolved here if I leave APIC from my kernel. >> >> Arjen >> >> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, [ISO-8859-15] Luis Miguel Garc?a wrote: >> >> =20 >> >>>> Hi: >>>> >>>> Since Andrew Morton picked up latest acpi bk updates, nforce=20 >>>> motherboards have problems, mainly with ethernet adapters.=20 >>>> Reporters say that with acpi=3Doff, the problm gets fixed, so we=20 >>>> think the problem could be acpi. Some more useful info: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, [ISO-8859-1] Luis Miguel Garc?a wrote: >>>> >>>> >>> =20 >>> >>>>>> >> When I try to boot with latest mm series (such as actual=20 >>>>>> rc3-mm1 or >>>>>> >> rc2-mm2), my nforce ethernet device doesn't works. It worked=20 >>>>>> in the past >>>>>> >> with the forcedeth reverse engineered driver but now it keeps=20 >>>>>> for 30 or >>>>>> >> more seconds halted (at boot) and then the network device=20 >>>>>> dosn't run. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Here is the dmesg of rc3-mm1. Do you want for me to test=20 >>>>>> something? Thanks! >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> P.S.: The ACPI related messages are larger that in rc3. >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> >>>> My e100 on an nforce2 won't work in rc3-mm1. >>>> The "acpi=3Doff" boot parameter makes it go. >>>> >>>> >>>> And for the record, I can boot with that kernel and save one dmesg=20 >>>> for you if you want. Only send me a request and I'll send it to you. >>>> >>>> P.S.: Sent any messages you want directly to me as i'm not=20 >>>> subscribed to acpi-devel. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Luis Miguel Garc?a >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> =20 >>> >>>>> >Which part of nforce support are you talking about luis? >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> >>> =20 >>> >>>>> >On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Andrew Morton wrote: >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> >>>> >>> =20 >>> >>>>>> >> Luis Miguel Garc?a wrote: >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> >>>>>>>> >>> > >>>>>>>> >>> > Andrew Morton wrote: >>>>>>>> >>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>> > > >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> =20 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>>>>> =20 >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >>=20 >>>>>>>>>>>> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.= 6/2.6.2/2.6.2-mm1/=20 >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >> - Merged some page reclaim fixes from Nick and=20 >>>>>>>>>>>> Nikita. These yield some >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >> performance improvements in low memory and=20 >>>>>>>>>>>> heavy paging situations. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> =20 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>> > >>>>>>>> >>> > Andrew, do you know if this acpi pull down has nforce=20 >>>>>>>> support fixed? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> It doesn't appear that way. >>>>>> >> >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> >>>>>>>> >>> > Or perhaps it's even unnotified to the acpi team? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> I do not know. Sending them a bugzilla ID would help, if such=20 >>>>>> a thing exists. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >> The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 >>>>>> >> Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration >>>>>> >> See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, C= A. >>>>>> >> http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn >>>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >> Acpi-devel mailing list >>>>>> >> Acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org >>>>>> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-devel >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>>> The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 >>>> Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration >>>> See the breadth of Eclipse activity. 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