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From: Brian King <brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: Brian King <brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	ppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>,
	Wayne Boyer <wayneb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ipr boot failure caused by MSI (2.6.30-rc1+)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:47:14 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A15A1B2.8060609@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1242926159.3007.5.camel@localhost.localdomain>

cc'ing linuxppc-dev...

-Brian


James Bottomley wrote:
> Kernels after 2.6.30-rc1 stopped booting on my powerstation.  The ipr
> just times out and refuses to probe devices.  If I let it drop into the
> initramfs system, this is what the interrupts shows:
> 
> (initramfs) cat /proc/interrupts 
>            CPU0       CPU1       CPU2       CPU3       
>  16:         20         10         13         11   MPIC      Level     pata_amd
>  20:          0          0          0          0   MPIC      Level     ohci_hcd:usb1, ohci_hcd:usb2
>  21:          0          0          0          0  MPIC-U3MSI Edge      ipr
>  68:         37         37         48         37   MPIC      Edge      serial
> 251:         10         71         69         72   MPIC      Edge      ipi call function
> 252:       1555       1779       1372       1155   MPIC      Edge      ipi reschedule
> 253:          0          0          0          0   MPIC      Edge      ipi call function single
> 254:          0          0          0          0   MPIC      Edge      ipi debugger
> BAD:        416
> 
> So you see the IPR is the only device not receiving them.
> 
> I can fix the boot hang by reverting
> 
> commit 5a9ef25b14d39b8413364df12cb8d9bb7a673a32
> Author: Wayne Boyer <wayneb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date:   Fri Jan 23 09:17:35 2009 -0800
> 
>     [SCSI] ipr: add MSI support
> 
> The system in question is:
> 
> SYSTEM INFORMATION
>  Processor  = PowerPC,970MP @ 2500 MHz
>  I/O Bridge = U4 (4.4)
>  SMP Size   = 4 (#0 #1 #2 #3)
>  Boot-Date  = 2009-04-21 17:13:36
>  Memory     = 2 GB of RAM @ 666 MHz
>  Board Type = Bimini (7047191/0000000/1)
>  MFG Date   = 1608
>  Part No.   = 10N8748     
>  FRU No.    = 10N7182     
>  FRU Serial = YL30W8106038
>  UUID       = 00000000000000000000000000000000
>  Flashside  = 1 (temporary)
>  Version    = HEAD
>  Build Date = 12-04-2008 16:13
> 
> James
> 
> 
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-- 
Brian King
Linux on Power Virtualization
IBM Linux Technology Center

       reply	other threads:[~2009-05-21 18:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1242926159.3007.5.camel@localhost.localdomain>
2009-05-21 18:47 ` Brian King [this message]
2009-05-21 19:51   ` ipr boot failure caused by MSI (2.6.30-rc1+) James Bottomley
2009-05-22 16:23     ` James Bottomley
2009-05-29 22:01       ` Brian King
2009-06-11  3:23         ` Wayne Boyer

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