VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Andi Kleen]

Hi,

For some APIC code rework I would like to collect some statistics on
VIA APIC setups.

If you have a system with VIA chipset running a recent (2.6.16+) x86-64 kernel 
please boot the system with apic=verbose on the kernel command and send me

- boot output (/var/log/boot.msg or dmesg -s100000000 output after boot)
- dmidecode output
- lspci  -v output

Thanks,

-Andi

Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Nicholas Miell]

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On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 18:24 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For some APIC code rework I would like to collect some statistics on
> VIA APIC setups.
> 
> If you have a system with VIA chipset running a recent (2.6.16+) x86-64 kernel 
> please boot the system with apic=verbose on the kernel command and send me
> 
> - boot output (/var/log/boot.msg or dmesg -s100000000 output after boot)
> - dmidecode output
> - lspci  -v output


MSI Master2-FAR with VIA K8T800, kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5

With any luck, this APIC rework will fix this board's habit of
spontaneously turning off interrupts at the IOAPIC level without the
kernel's knowledge.

-- 
Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>

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Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Bongani Hlope]

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On Tuesday 25 July 2006 18:24, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For some APIC code rework I would like to collect some statistics on
> VIA APIC setups.
>
> If you have a system with VIA chipset running a recent (2.6.16+) x86-64
> kernel please boot the system with apic=verbose on the kernel command and
> send me
>
> - boot output (/var/log/boot.msg or dmesg -s100000000 output after boot)
> - dmidecode output
> - lspci  -v output
>
> Thanks,
>
>

This is a MSI  K8T Master2 FAR with the  VIA® K8T800 + 8237 chipset, kernel 
2.6.17-mm1


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Re: [discuss] Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Andi Kleen]

 
> MSI Master2-FAR with VIA K8T800, kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5

Thanks.

> With any luck, this APIC rework will fix this board's habit of
> spontaneously turning off interrupts at the IOAPIC level without the
> kernel's knowledge.

Unlikely unfortunately. How does it look like when they get turned off?

-Andi

Re: [discuss] Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Nicholas Miell]

On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 00:18 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>  > MSI Master2-FAR with VIA K8T800, kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > With any luck, this APIC rework will fix this board's habit of
> > spontaneously turning off interrupts at the IOAPIC level without the
> > kernel's knowledge.
> 
> Unlikely unfortunately. How does it look like when they get turned off?
> 

I stop getting any interrupts from the device in question (either the
on-board UHCI controllers or the on-board SATA controller) -- i.e. mouse
movement gets jerky because uhci-hcd is operating purely by polling or I
start getting libata timeouts in my logs.

I have an abomination of a systemtap script which calls
unmask_IO_APIC_irq directly which instantly "fixes" it when things go
wrong.

I also have another stap script which records stack traces when
mask_IO_APIC_irq and unmask_IO_APIC_irq called in order to check if the
IRQs are actually getting turned off without the kernel's knowledge, but
when I run that in the background, the problem doesn't ever manifest
itself. 

-- 
Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>

Re: [discuss] Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Jon Mason]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 09:58:04PM +0200, Bongani Hlope wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 July 2006 18:24, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > For some APIC code rework I would like to collect some statistics on
> > VIA APIC setups.
> >
> > If you have a system with VIA chipset running a recent (2.6.16+) x86-64
> > kernel please boot the system with apic=verbose on the kernel command and
> > send me
> >
> > - boot output (/var/log/boot.msg or dmesg -s100000000 output after boot)
> > - dmidecode output
> > - lspci  -v output
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> 
> This is a MSI  K8T Master2 FAR with the  VIA? K8T800 + 8237 chipset, kernel 
> 2.6.17-mm1
> 

I have the same mobo running latest 2.6.18.  Let me know if you need my
info too.

Thanks,
Jon

Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

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This APIC rework have the goal of resolve problem with lost tickets ? 

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 18:24 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For some APIC code rework I would like to collect some statistics on
> VIA APIC setups.
> 
> If you have a system with VIA chipset running a recent (2.6.16+) x86-64 kernel 
> please boot the system with apic=verbose on the kernel command and send me
> 
> - boot output (/var/log/boot.msg or dmesg -s100000000 output after boot)
> - dmidecode output
> - lspci  -v output
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Andi
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Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

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Hi, where is my Pentium Dual Core on a 775Dual-880Pro
http://www.asrock.com/product/775Dual-880Pro.htm

Kernel is 2.6.18-rc2 (with some minor patches) from Fedora/RedHat
development. 

I have to boot with notsc, details of the bugs on this computer:
http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6419

Thanks,

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 18:24 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> For some APIC code rework I would like to collect some statistics on
> VIA APIC setups.
> 
> If you have a system with VIA chipset running a recent (2.6.16+) x86-64 kernel 
> please boot the system with apic=verbose on the kernel command and send me
> 
> - boot output (/var/log/boot.msg or dmesg -s100000000 output after boot)
> - dmidecode output
> - lspci  -v output
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Andi


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Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Andi Kleen]

On Wednesday 26 July 2006 14:26, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> This APIC rework have the goal of resolve problem with lost tickets ?

What is a lost ticket? 

But unlikely. In fact it only cleans up some code.

-Andi

Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

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dmesg | grep -i lost
Bootdata ok (command line is ro root=LABEL=/1 report_lost_ticks notsc
apic=verbose)
Kernel command line: ro root=LABEL=/1 report_lost_ticks notsc
apic=verbose
time.c: Lost 576 timer tick(s)! rip console_init+0x0/0x2e)
time.c: Lost 2 timer tick(s)! rip release_console_sem+0x185/0x201)
time.c: Lost 9 timer tick(s)! rip setup_boot_APIC_clock+0x11f/0x121)
time.c: Lost 1 timer tick(s)! rip __do_softirq+0x48/0xca)



On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 03:33 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 July 2006 14:26, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> > This APIC rework have the goal of resolve problem with lost tickets ?
> 
> What is a lost ticket? 
> 
> But unlikely. In fact it only cleans up some code.
> 
> -Andi

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Re: VIA x86-64 bootlogs needed

[Hans-Frieder Vogt]

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On Tuesday 25 July 2006 18:24, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For some APIC code rework I would like to collect some statistics on
> VIA APIC setups.
> 
> If you have a system with VIA chipset running a recent (2.6.16+) x86-64 
kernel
> please boot the system with apic=verbose on the kernel command and send me
> 
> - boot output (/var/log/boot.msg or dmesg -s100000000 output after boot)
> - dmidecode output
> - lspci -v output

Attached is the output from a MSI K8T Neo (K8T800 + 8237), running a vanilla 
2.6.17.6 kernel.
No problems whatsoever with this board :-)


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