Re: 2.6.23-rc3-hrt2 stall during boot on ASUS F3T (x86_64)

Mikhail Kshevetskiy
2007-08-20T11:32:49Z

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:31:10 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 12:35 +0400, Mikhail Kshevetskiy wrote:
> > > > > at 73.442744: I do nothing, the kernel continue to boot after 168 sec
> > > > >
> > > > > at 243.497822: After 2 hours i press and hold "shift" button to continue booting
> > > > >
> > > > > The dmesg output and my kernel configuration are listed below.
> > > > >
> > > > > I test i386 version of the same kernel with very similar configuration, it boot normally.
> > >
> > > Can you please add "noapictimer" to the kernel command line ?
> >
> > This helps, thank you.
> > Why it is not required for i386 kernel?
> > Is it possible to fix this problem without disabling of apic timer?
>
> Probably, but we need more information about the breakage. I assume that
> the 64 bit kernel does something different with the power states on idle
>
> Can you please provide the output of /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power for
> both the 32 and the 64 bit kernel ?
>
> tglx
>
>

2.6.22.3 (x86_64)
====================================
kl@aspid:~$ cat /proc/acpi/processor/P001/power
active state: C0
max_cstate: C8
bus master activity: 00000000
maximum allowed latency: 8000 usec
states:

2.6.23-rc3-hrt2 (x86_64, noapictimer)
====================================
kl@aspid:~$ cat /proc/acpi/processor/P001/power
active state: C0
max_cstate: C8
bus master activity: 00000000
maximum allowed latency: 8000 usec
states:
C1: type[C1] promotion[--] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[00000000] duration[00000000000000000000]

2.6.23-rc3-hrt2 (x86_64)
====================================
kl@aspid:~$ cat /proc/acpi/processor/P001/power
active state: C0
max_cstate: C8
bus master activity: 00000000
maximum allowed latency: 8000 usec
states:
C1: type[C1] promotion[--] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[00000000] duration[00000000000000000000]

2.6.22.1 (i386)
====================================
kl@aspid:~$ cat /proc/acpi/processor/P001/power
active state: C0
max_cstate: C8
bus master activity: 00000000
maximum allowed latency: 8000 usec
states:

2.6.23-rc3-hrt2 (i386)
====================================
kl@aspid:~$ cat /proc/acpi/processor/P001/power
active state: C0
max_cstate: C8
bus master activity: 00000000
maximum allowed latency: 8000 usec
states:
C1: type[C1] promotion[--] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[00000000] duration[00000000000000000000]