From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Summers, Dow" Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 19:37:01 +0000 Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] ia64_log_get error while booting Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org I've been tracking this problem on my machine. I've worked out that if I have a CD in the drive with the drive door closed when the machine is powered on it will boot and run. If there isn't a CD in the drive and the drive door is closed when I boot the machine the kerenl hangs in the MCA code. I'm running Redhat 7.2 with a bios 109. --- Dow Summers -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Yeisley [mailto:dpy102@alumni.psu.edu] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:51 PM To: Hall, Jenna S Cc: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] ia64_log_get error while booting Well, it works now. All I did was power cycle the machine. I have no idea what could have been wrong. I'll have to take a look at the BIOS level next week. Thanks for the help. Dan Quoting "Hall, Jenna S" : > Daniel, > > What BIOS are you running on your Lion? Older BIOSes did not have the > correct firmware support for machine checks, so if you boot a kernel with > CONFIG_IA64_MCA enabled in the kernel config, this behavior could result. > > You have two options: > > 1. Upgrade your BIOS - this is only an option if you have an OEM Lion (it > is > not recommended or supported by Intel to upgrade the BIOS past build 83 on > SDV Lions). You can determine if you have an OEM Lion by looking at the > back of the legacy I/O card inside the machine - OEM machines will have > "OEM > Legacy" silkscreened on the back of the card. > 2. Disable CONFIG_IA64_MCA in your .config file, rebuild the kernel, then > reboot with that new kernel. > > Jenna > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Yeisley [mailto:dpy102@alumni.psu.edu] > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:57 PM > To: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org > Subject: [Linux-ia64] ia64_log_get error while booting > > I'm new to Linux on the IA64. I installed Redhat 7.2 for the Itanium on a > Lion > system this morning. It seemed to work fine. I changed my screen > resolution > and rebooted. I get a warning saying that my event log is full. Linux > starts > to boot, but then it goes into what seems to be an infinite loop of > alternating > error messages. They go by very quickly, but I believe that they are: > ia64_log_get: Failed to retrieve SAL error record type ... > ia64_mca_cpe_int_handler: received interrupt. vector > I've looked in the kernel source and both messages come from mca.c. I'm > not > sure what the problem is. I can't boot the machine, not even from the > Redhat > CDs. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Get Your FREE E-Mail Account Today at AcmeMail.net > http://www.acmemail.net > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IA64 mailing list > Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org > http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IA64 mailing list > Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org > http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 > -------------------------------------------------- Get Your FREE E-Mail Account Today at AcmeMail.net http://www.acmemail.net _______________________________________________ Linux-IA64 mailing list Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64