From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "F. P. Beekhof" Subject: Re: Machine check exception Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:31:56 +0200 Message-ID: <4E302F6C.3@gmail.com> References: <4E2FF0EC.2020704@gmail.com> <20110727130319.GA26923@gere.osrc.amd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:52237 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752402Ab1G0Pb7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:31:59 -0400 Received: by wyg8 with SMTP id 8so1066905wyg.19 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:31:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110727130319.GA26923@gere.osrc.amd.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Jeff Garzik , Mikael Pettersson , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 07/27/2011 03:03 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:05:16PM +0200, F. P. Beekhof wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm having some trouble with my Promise TX4302: it seems to cause >> kernel panics due to machine check exceptions. >> >> The MCE reads: >> [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 4 Bank 4: ... >> [Hardware Error]: TSC 264f8ca046 >> and then continues about a NorthBridge Watchdog timeout. >> After that, there is kernel stack dump: >> >> See http://tech.unige.ch/mce.jpg or http://tech.unige.ch/mce.png for >> a screenshot. >> >> These always happen when I'm accessing disks attached to the TX4302, >> as far as I can tell. Motherboard is an Asus a8v, cpu is amd >> athlon64, stock ubuntu 11.04 kernel. >> >> I have no idea where to go from here though. I can provide any >> information required or test patches, please ask. > > can you install msr-tools and do > > rdmsr 0xc001001f > > as root and send me the output please? > > Thanks. > $ sudo rdmsr 0xc001001f 8 Is there anything else I can do ? cpuinfo and lspci output below, hope that that is helpful... Best, Fokko $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 47 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ stepping : 0 cpu MHz : 2000.000 cache size : 512 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow up rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni lahf_lm bogomips : 4005.11 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc $ sudo lspci -vvv 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A8V Deluxe Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- (32-bit, prefetchable) Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=2 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP+ GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=x8 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface Command: BaseUnitID=0 UnitCnt=3 MastHost- DefDir- DUL- Link Control 0: CFlE- CST- CFE- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Kernel modules: shpchp 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Asus) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR-