Re: APIC support prevents power off

Mikael Pettersson
2003-07-22T08:20:51Z

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:54:14 +0200, Roger Luethi wrote:
>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 03:13:52 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:36:13 +0200, Roger Luethi wrote:
>> >On some UP boards (e.g. ASUS A7A266) enabling support for local APICs keeps
>> >the machine from powering off on shutdown. It will just hang instead.
>> >
>> >This has been observed by others before [1]. A warning in the respective
>> >configuration note seems in order (or a proper fix if anybody has one).
>>
>> Insufficient data to draw anti-local-APIC conclusions.
>> - ensure you have the latest BIOS
>
>I tend not to touch the BIOS unless I have reason to believe an update will
>fix an actual problem.

Powering off invokes the BIOS. BIOSen are known to have bugs.
You really should check if a BIOS update is available.

>> - if you're using APM, ensure that CPU_IDLE and DISPLAY_BLANK are
>> disabled, and that APM isn't built as a module
>> (these things are known to cause APM hangs in UP APIC systems)
>> - if you're using ACPI, try without ACPI, or at least with ACPI not
>> doing any power management
>
>Your suggestions match my current configuration:

Your APM/ACPI config seems Ok, but what does CONFIG_SMP look like?
Enabling SMP disables APM's power off code, unless one boots with
apm=power-off.

Did your kernel have to actually enable the local APIC, or did
the BIOS boot us with it already enabled? Please send me a dmesg
from a boot with local APIC support enabled.

I can't seem to find any place where we disable the local APIC
on shutdown; reboot seems Ok but not poweroff (as far as I can see).
I think this might explain why some BIOSen hang at poweroff.

/Mikael