From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Luis_Miguel_Garc=EDa?= Subject: Re: acpi problem with nforce motherboards and ethernet Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:27:55 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <4022B55B.1090309@wanadoo.es> References: <402298C7.5050405@wanadoo.es> <40229D2C.20701@blue-labs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <40229D2C.20701-qokYbnrgTHEgsBAKwltoeQ@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: David Ford 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 David Ford wrote: > I have the same problem. I "solved" it a while ago by mucking with=20 > the AGP stuff. IIRC, it was turning off AGP fast writes or 8x or=20 > something similar in cmos. Went from incredibly broken to stable=20 > instantly. I'll check my cmos settings in a bit and refresh my memory. > > What patches are you using? I'm using nforce2-apic.patch and nforce2-disconnect-quirk.patch that=20 Andrew Morton have sent to me. I think they have been included in=20 previous mm kernels but now are droped because they caused some=20 temperature problems for some people with no nforce motherboards. If you want it, I can send it to you. By the way, is anyone involved in solving the IO-APIC thing in nforce=20 motherboards? Anyone trying a different approach? Anyone contacting=20 nvidia about this problem? > 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. I don't think this could be a reiserfs problem, because all the computer=20 gets frezzed and locked, but perhaps someone at Namesys can realize why=20 files gets deleted all over the hard disc. Thanks. Luis Miguel Garcia > > 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=20 >> garbage. >> >> 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=20 >> of the system is 55=BA while idle, and 631 while compiling (only cpu=20 >> fan, no case fans). I don't know if it's high (some people reported=20 >> high 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=20 >> a 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=20 >>> v.20 or >>> so) and will not powerdown. >>> >>> On another note, have you noticed lockups of your system with heavy i= o? >>> 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=20 >>> doesn't 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 >>>>> 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? >>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Andrew Morton wrote: >>>>> >>>> =20 >>>> >>>>>>> >> Luis Miguel Garc?a wrote: >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> > >>>>>>>>> >>> > Andrew Morton wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>> > >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> > >>=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. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> > >>>>>>>>> >>> > Andrew, do you know if this acpi pull down has nforce=20 >>>>>>>>> support fixed? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> It doesn't appear that way. >>>>>>> >> >>>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> > Or perhaps it's even unnotified to the acpi team? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> I do not know. Sending them a bugzilla ID would help, if=20 >>>>>>> such 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, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn