Re: Kernel Oops with 2.6.21.1 on an AMD K7 machine

[Wolfgang Walter <wolfgang.walter@studentenwerk.mhn.de>]

Uwe Bugla schrieb:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> kernel 2.6.21.1 makes my machine Oops about 20 seconds after KDE 3,5 is brought up showing its graphical login (kdm):
> 
> lspci -v, based on a "sane" kernel 2.6.22-rc2 or 2.6.20.11 (with both of them the Oops does not happen at all) looks like this:
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 740 Host (rev 01)
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
> 	Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
> 	Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 2.0
> 
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64
> 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
> 	I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
> 	Memory behind bridge: cfd00000-cfefffff
> 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: bfa00000-cfbfffff
> 
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 04)
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
> 
> 00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
> 	Flags: medium devsel
> 	I/O ports at 0c00 [size=32]
> 
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (prog-if 80 [Master])
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128
> 	[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
> 	[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
> 	[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
> 	[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
> 	I/O ports at ff00 [size=16]
> 
> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 	Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc Unknown device 0300
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> 	I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
> 	I/O ports at d400 [size=128]
> 	Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
> 
> 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. K7SOM+ 5.2C Motherboard
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
> 	Memory at cfff7000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 
> 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. K7SOM+ 5.2C Motherboard
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> 	Memory at cfff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 
> 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. K7SOM+ 5.2C Motherboard
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> 	Memory at cfff9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 
> 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 5470
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> 	Memory at cfffa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> 
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
> 	Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> 	I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
> 	Memory at cfff6000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 	Expansion ROM at cffc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> 	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
> 
> 00:09.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7861 (rev 01)
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
> 	I/O ports at dc00 [disabled] [size=256]
> 	Memory at cfffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 	Expansion ROM at cffe0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
> 
> 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24)
> 	Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100
> 	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> 	I/O ports at cc00 [size=128]
> 	Memory at cfff5f80 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
> 	Expansion ROM at cffa0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> 	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
> 
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (prog-if 00 [VGA])
> 	Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
> 	Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
> 	BIST result: 00
> 	Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
> 	Memory at cfee0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
> 	I/O ports at ac00 [size=128]
> 	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
> 	Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0
> 
> Please notice:
> 
> On an Intel P4 machine with but Intel chipset and Broadcom b44 NIC that Oops does not happen in connection with 2.6.21.1!
> 
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1. Does anyone have a similar machine (AMD Athlon 1800 XP processor) with similar hardware configuration?
> 
> 2. If yes, can anyone confirm that Oops problem in connection with that similar hardware architecture and kernel 2.6.21.1.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Uwe
> 

Maybe it's the sis900-network-driver? See patch

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=blob;f=queue-2.6.21/sis900-allocate-rx-replacement-buffer-before-rx-operation.patch;h=ee9db79405db0144953eab964d34326fcc1b09c8;hb=05ab505f2909acf3a614d3e6a32271c4c1f8a69d

Regards,
-- 
Wolfgang Walter
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