From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
To: Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com>
Cc: markh@compro.net, Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>,
john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Can't boot a (HZ = 1000) kernel using an AMD Phenom-II processor
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:18:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090209141841.GA31643@aftab> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <498CB798.7050308@cfl.rr.com>
Hi,
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:20:08PM -0500, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> Mark Hounschell wrote:
> >> Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >>> Ok, here are two things you could try:
> >>>
> >>> Disable CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS (high resolution timers support in
> >>> "Processor type and features"), boot with "apic=debug" and send me the
> >>> output. I'd like to see how the lapic timer gets programmed. It would
> >>> be better for that exercise to get the latest stable kernel, 2.6.28.3,
> >>> imho.
> >>>
> >>> The other thing you could do is get x86info tools from here:
> >>> http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/x86info/. However, get either a
> >>> daily snapshot or a checkout from the git repository and build it on
> >>> your system. Then do
> >>>
> >>> x86info -a > x86info.txt
> >>>
> >>> lsmsr -V3 -a > lsmsr.txt
> >>>
> >>> and send me those text files - we might be able to get a clue what's going on
> >>> from them.
> >
> > Ok, attached is the bootlog.txt, x86info.txt, and lsmsr.txt
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mark
> >
>
> That bootlog was captured from the serial console, but comparing it to the dmesg
> I see more info in the dmesg. The extra stuff for "apic=debug" must not be going
> to the serial console?? Either way here is the demsg output too.
>
> Regards
> Mark
>
> BIOS EBDA/lowmem at: 0009f000/0009f000
> Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
> Linux version 2.6.28.3-250Hz (root@harley) (gcc version 4.3.1 20080507 (prerelease) [gcc-4_3-branch revision 135036] (SUSE Linux) ) #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 6 11:48:54 EST 2009
maybe I wasn't clear enough - I meant to boot a _1000HZ_ kernel not a
250HZ one with highres timers disabled, if the line above is correct.
Can you try the same thing as above again, please, but this time use a
1000HZ 32bit kernel.
Thanks.
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Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-18 12:38 PROBLEM: Can't boot a (HZ = 1000) kernel using an AMD Phenom-II processor Mark Hounschell
2009-01-19 8:48 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-19 12:41 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-01-19 14:45 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-19 23:05 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-19 14:22 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-01-19 14:54 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-19 23:14 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-20 0:25 ` john stultz
2009-01-20 9:08 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-20 9:37 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-01-20 21:08 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-23 9:34 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-23 13:04 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-01-23 14:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-01-23 22:24 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-23 22:46 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-26 18:26 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-27 16:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-01-28 0:30 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-28 0:33 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-01-31 9:15 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-02 17:05 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-02-03 9:17 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-03 15:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-02-03 19:15 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-05 17:19 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-06 13:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-02-06 14:11 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-06 17:55 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-06 22:20 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-09 14:18 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2009-02-09 15:29 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-18 13:11 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-18 14:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-02-18 16:57 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-18 17:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-02-18 21:16 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-19 10:37 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-19 14:11 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-02-19 15:16 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-19 15:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-02-19 15:54 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-20 11:53 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-02-20 12:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-20 21:51 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-02-20 15:43 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-20 16:08 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-02-20 16:38 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-02-20 17:09 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-20 17:40 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-20 18:22 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-02-20 18:28 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-20 19:54 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-20 20:27 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-20 22:28 ` Andreas Herrmann
2009-02-21 1:14 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-21 13:20 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-02-20 17:06 ` Mark Hounschell
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