Kernel hangs on boot

Kernel hangs on boot

[Gordon Gray]

I hope you can help me.  I upgraded my system from RedHat 7.1 (2.2-smp
kernel) to RedHat 7.2 (2.4.7-10 kernel).  The smp kernel hangs, but the
single cpu kernel boots fine.  I decided that perhaps a more recent kernel
would help resolve my problem (I really do need both CPUs), so I downloaded
a more recent kernel from RedHat and install it:

rpm -U kernel-smp-2.4.9-21.i686.rpm

Same result.

If you can help me in any way, please let me know, or point me to some place
that may be able to help.

Thank-you in advance,

Gordon Gray.

Details:

My system:
	ASUS CUV4X-D ACPI BIOS revision 1004
	1179648 KB RAM
	2 CPUs - Pentium III (Coppermine), GenuineIntel
	cpu family 6
	model 8
	stepping 6

The error:

ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
... changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
.. TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
testing the IO APIC.......................

WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please email
         to linux-smp@vger.kernel.org

................................... done.
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
calibrating APIC timer ...
..... CPU clock speed is 1004.4560 MHz.
..... host bus clock speed is 133.9272 MHz.
cpu: 0, clocks: 1339272, slice: 446424
CPU0<T0:1339264,T1:892832,D:8,S:446424,C:1339272>
cpu: 1, clocks: 1339264, slice:446424
CPU1<T0:1339264,T1:446416,D:0,S:446424,C:1339272>
checking TSC synchronization across CPUs: passed

At this point the entire system freezes.

Re: Kernel hangs on boot

[Jonathan Claxton]

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Gordon Gray wrote:

> I hope you can help me.  I upgraded my system from RedHat 7.1 (2.2-smp
> kernel) to RedHat 7.2 (2.4.7-10 kernel).  The smp kernel hangs, but the
> single cpu kernel boots fine.  I decided that perhaps a more recent kernel
> would help resolve my problem (I really do need both CPUs), so I downloaded
> a more recent kernel from RedHat and install it:
> 
> My system:
> 	ASUS CUV4X-D ACPI BIOS revision 1004
> 	1179648 KB RAM
> 	2 CPUs - Pentium III (Coppermine), GenuineIntel
> 	cpu family 6
> 	model 8
> 	stepping 6
> 

Ok.. two thingys... get the latest bios and flash it from ASUS. Also... go
into the bios settings and look for MPS Level or something close to it and
set it to 1.1 level. 

I have the DLS version of the same MB and did the above two things and it
boots the 2.4.17 SMP kernel just fine. 

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Re: Kernel hangs on boot

[Vladimir G. Ivanovic]

"JC" == Jonathan Claxton <jzc@primenet.com> writes:

  JC> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Gordon Gray wrote:

  JC> Ok.. two thingys... 

Gordon, 

Two more thingys...

1. Don't "rpm -U" kernels. "rpm -i" them. The former *removes* the old
   kernel, making it hard/impossible to recover if something goes wrong,
   goes wrong, goes wrong....

2. I'm running 2.4.17 that I built from sources using the config for smp
   machines that's in the configs directory of Red Hat's version of the
   kernel. I.e. install the kernel-source-2.4.9-31 rpm and use
   /usr/src/linux-2.4.9-31/configs/kernel-2.4.9-i686-smp.config to
   configure a 2.4.17 kernel (gotten from kernel.org). (I didn't use
   2.4.18 because VMware didn't work with it, but there's no reason

I'm also running an ASUS CUV4X-DLS board with the lastest BIOS (1010)
and without MPS 1.4 support. Works great.

--- Vladimir

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Vladimir G. Ivanovic                        http://leonora.org/~vladimir
2770 Cowper St.                                         vladimir@acm.org
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447                                 +1 650 678 8014

RE: Kernel hangs on boot

[Gordon Gray]

Thank you so much for your help.  I upgraded to bios version 1014 (The most
recent I could find on ASUS web site) and disabled MPS 1.4 (which I assume
means 1.1 is enabled).

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Claxton [mailto:jzc@primenet.com]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:40 PM
To: Gordon Gray
Cc: linux-smp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel hangs on boot


On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Gordon Gray wrote:

> I hope you can help me.  I upgraded my system from RedHat 7.1 (2.2-smp
> kernel) to RedHat 7.2 (2.4.7-10 kernel).  The smp kernel hangs, but the
> single cpu kernel boots fine.  I decided that perhaps a more recent kernel
> would help resolve my problem (I really do need both CPUs), so I
downloaded
> a more recent kernel from RedHat and install it:
>
> My system:
> 	ASUS CUV4X-D ACPI BIOS revision 1004
> 	1179648 KB RAM
> 	2 CPUs - Pentium III (Coppermine), GenuineIntel
> 	cpu family 6
> 	model 8
> 	stepping 6
>

Ok.. two thingys... get the latest bios and flash it from ASUS. Also... go
into the bios settings and look for MPS Level or something close to it and
set it to 1.1 level.

I have the DLS version of the same MB and did the above two things and it
boots the 2.4.17 SMP kernel just fine.

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RE: Kernel hangs on boot

[Jonathan Claxton]

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Gordon Gray wrote:

> Thank you so much for your help.  I upgraded to bios version 1014 (The most
> recent I could find on ASUS web site) and disabled MPS 1.4 (which I assume
> means 1.1 is enabled).
> 

Ayup... :) 

Re: Kernel hangs on boot

[Vladimir G. Ivanovic]

Upgrade your BIOS (at least to 1010) and set MPS to 1.1. These
recommendations have been repeated many times and are easily found 
by searching the archives.

--- Vladimir

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Vladimir G. Ivanovic                        http://leonora.org/~vladimir
2770 Cowper St.                                         vladimir@acm.org
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447                                 +1 650 678 8014

"GG" == Gordon Gray <gord@icu.ca> writes:

  GG> I hope you can help me.  I upgraded my system from RedHat 7.1 (2.2-smp
  GG> kernel) to RedHat 7.2 (2.4.7-10 kernel).  The smp kernel hangs, but the
  GG> single cpu kernel boots fine.  I decided that perhaps a more recent kernel
  GG> would help resolve my problem (I really do need both CPUs), so I downloaded
  GG> a more recent kernel from RedHat and install it:

  GG> rpm -U kernel-smp-2.4.9-21.i686.rpm

  GG> Same result.

  GG> If you can help me in any way, please let me know, or point me to some place
  GG> that may be able to help.

  GG> Thank-you in advance,

  GG> Gordon Gray.

  GG> Details:

  GG> My system:
  GG>   ASUS CUV4X-D ACPI BIOS revision 1004
  GG>   1179648 KB RAM
  GG>   2 CPUs - Pentium III (Coppermine), GenuineIntel
  GG>   cpu family 6
  GG>   model 8
  GG>   stepping 6

  GG> The error:

  GG> ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
  GG> ... changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
  GG> .. TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
  GG> testing the IO APIC.......................

  GG> WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please email
  GG>          to linux-smp@vger.kernel.org

  GG> ................................... done.
  GG> Using local APIC timer interrupts.
  GG> calibrating APIC timer ...
  GG> ..... CPU clock speed is 1004.4560 MHz.
  GG> ..... host bus clock speed is 133.9272 MHz.
  GG> cpu: 0, clocks: 1339272, slice: 446424
  GG> CPU0<T0:1339264,T1:892832,D:8,S:446424,C:1339272>
  GG> cpu: 1, clocks: 1339264, slice:446424
  GG> CPU1<T0:1339264,T1:446416,D:0,S:446424,C:1339272>
  GG> checking TSC synchronization across CPUs: passed

  GG> At this point the entire system freezes.

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Re: Kernel hangs on boot

[Tal Lancaster]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:54:59 -0700
"Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vladimir@acm.org> wrote:

> Upgrade your BIOS (at least to 1010) and set MPS to 1.1. These
> recommendations have been repeated many times and are easily found 
> by searching the archives.
> 
> --- Vladimir

To whoever might be interested:

(NOTE: I am still running under RH7.1)

I too have almost an identical system as below.  I have been playing
around with a bunch of the 2.4 kernels over the weekend and found I was
able to boot up just fine with my BIOS (1014) set to MPS 1.4.  However,
I am still using the boot NOAPIC option.


Right now I am running under 2.4.18.



>   GG> My system:
>   GG>   ASUS CUV4X-D ACPI BIOS revision 1004
>   GG>   1179648 KB RAM
>   GG>   2 CPUs - Pentium III (Coppermine), GenuineIntel
>   GG>   cpu family 6
>   GG>   model 8
>   GG>   stepping 6
> 
>   GG> The error:
> 
>   GG> ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
>   GG> ... changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
>   GG> .. TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
>   GG> testing the IO APIC.......................
> 
>   GG> WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please email
>   GG>          to linux-smp@vger.kernel.org
> 
>   GG> ................................... done.
>   GG> Using local APIC timer interrupts.
>   GG> calibrating APIC timer ...
>   GG> ..... CPU clock speed is 1004.4560 MHz.
>   GG> ..... host bus clock speed is 133.9272 MHz.
>   GG> cpu: 0, clocks: 1339272, slice: 446424
>   GG> CPU0<T0:1339264,T1:892832,D:8,S:446424,C:1339272>
>   GG> cpu: 1, clocks: 1339264, slice:446424
>   GG> CPU1<T0:1339264,T1:446416,D:0,S:446424,C:1339272>
>   GG> checking TSC synchronization across CPUs: passed
> 
>   GG> At this point the entire system freezes.
> 
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