From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754654AbZBJLrN (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:47:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753320AbZBJLq4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:46:56 -0500 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121]:38542 "EHLO cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751202AbZBJLqz (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:46:55 -0500 Message-ID: <49916927.9080200@intertwingly.net> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:46:47 -0500 From: Sam Ruby User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: yakui_zhao CC: Len Brown , Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , LKML , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" , "x86@kernel.org" , "Maciej W. Rozycki" Subject: Re: [APIC] Kernel panic, rsync corruption, intel q8200, 2.6.28-rc8 References: <4978767D.4060700@intertwingly.net> <20090130000758.1dff0113.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <498885CC.4060509@intertwingly.net> <20090203114849.b661f1ce.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <49890B46.8020308@intertwingly.net> <4990C14B.7060802@intertwingly.net> <1234231805.3706.80.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1234231805.3706.80.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org yakui_zhao wrote: > On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 07:50 +0800, Sam Ruby wrote: >> Len Brown wrote: >>>>> Do you have a second computer around with a serial port ? If yes, then >>>>> please add the following to the kernel command line: >>>>> >>>>> earlyprintk=serial,ttyS0,115200 apic=debug >>>>> >>>>> and connect the serial ports with a null modem cable. Fire up a >>>>> terminal program on the second machine and capture the output. >>>> I do have a second computer, and went out and bought a null modem adapter for >>>> my serial cable and connected the two machines. I've tried installing minicom >>>> and also connecting it to ttyS0 at 115200 baud on the second machine, but when >>>> I boot the first machine I don't see any output on the terminal. >>> /boot/grub/menu.lst: >>> >>> serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 >>> terminal --timeout=300 serial console > Do you have an opportunity to try the boot option of "acpi=off" as > suggested by Lenb? That also produces the "MP-BIOS bug" message and halts. > From the log it seems that there exists the following warning > message: > >MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC > > Can you try the following boot options? > a. acpi_use_timer_override That also produces the "MP-BIOS bug" message and halts. > b. acpi_skip_timer_override That also produces the "MP-BIOS bug" message and halts. > c. noapic With that, I can boot, but I get data corruption problems. Data corruption problems I don't see when using the same hardware but with Microsoft Vista. More details can be found here: http://intertwingly.net/blog/2009/01/20/noAPIC http://intertwingly.net/stories/2009/01/22/ I am willing to install new kernels on fresh hard drives, run diagnostic programs and report the output, including capturing serial output. Is there any data I can gather to help diagnose this problem? > Thanks. >>> is what I use. >>> >>> this will give you a prompt from grub even before the kernel boots >>> so you can select (and edit) your kernel via menu over the serial line >>> if you wish. >> I've got that working now. I used minicom on the remote machine, >> capturing the output. You can see me fumbling around, editing the >> kernel command and booting here: >> >> http://intertwingly.net/stories/2009/02/09/minicom.out >> >> While it is difficult to make out what I did given line wrapping, etc, >> what I started with was: >> >> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic >> root=UUID=4fce230e-fe72-4685-aab0-294ef1c20efa ro noapic quiet splash >> >> After editing, what I had was >> >> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic >> root=UUID=4fce230e-fe72-4685-aab0-294ef1c20efa ro quiet splash >> earlyprintk=serial,ttyS0,115200 apic=debug >> >> As you can see, the last line I saw was "Starting up ...", after which >> point the "MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC" etc output >> appeared on the monitor that is directly connected to the machine being >> booted (i.e., this text did not appear on the minicom session). >> >>> If this doesn't work, then the kernel earlyprintk is unlikely to work >>> also. >> At the moment, it looks like it works, but earlyprintk does not work for >> me, at least not on Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic. >> >>> Note that there may be some BIOS SETUP options related to the serial port >>> -- worth checking. >>> >>> Also, in minicom, be sure to turn off HW flow control >>> >>> there is a fancy serial console document someplace on this, >>> probably at http://tldp.org/ >> As I have managed to get grub to talk to the serial console, I did not >> explore these options further. Please let me know if there is something >> in particular I should explore. >> >>> good luck, >>> -Len >> - Sam Ruby >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - Sam Ruby