From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752684Ab1IYA2m (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:28:42 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.213.46]:53013 "EHLO mail-yw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751964Ab1IYA2l (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:28:41 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:28:32 -0500 From: Jonathan Nieder To: trouble daemon Cc: Adam Belay , Bjorn Helgaas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Possible PNP issue on Dell PowerEdge 4200 unless noapic used Message-ID: <20110925002831.GA32152@elie> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21+46 (b01d63af6fea) (2011-07-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (just cc-ing linux-kernel so any work on this gets archived) trouble daemon wrote: > Greetings, > > Hello Adam and Bjorn. I am sending this email to you as suggested by > Jonathan regarding a problem that I was having with Linux on a pair of > old Dell PowerEdge 4200 machines that I own (yes, they still run!). > > I have left the most recent reply between Jonathan and I quoted below, > but you can find the original bug report at the Debian bug tracker > under bug #586494 [1]. As a brief recap, I have been required to use > the noapic kernel option in these systems in order to allow them to > boot, and appears to have originated after a commit to the kernel > relating to EISA (although it has come to my attention now that PNP > may be related as well). > > As suggested, I have attached a copy of the "quick & dirty" config I > used for a vanilla 3.1.0-rc7 kernel I compiled, along with the boot > log of the machine, and a diff against the apic log of a working boot > of the same kernel when using noapic. One thing that I should mention > is that on these dells, I also usually use the pnpbios=off option to > hide the pesky warnings on boot, in addition to noapic. > > I hope these logs help you in some way. If there is anything else you > might be interested in knowing or testing, don't hesitate to ask! Original report: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1000807 Logs: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=86;bug=586494 > Dan McGrath > > PS - Not a problem Jonathan, thanks! > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=586494