From: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net>
To: Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com>
Cc: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>,
john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Petkov, Borislav" <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Can't boot a (HZ = 1000) kernel using an AMD Phenom-II processor
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:26:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <497E0072.7000500@compro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <497A48D5.9040904@cfl.rr.com>
Mark Hounschell wrote:
> Andreas Herrmann wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:34:43AM +0100, Mark Hounschell wrote:
>>> Mark Hounschell wrote:
>>>> The MB is a Biostar TA770+. It is not yet listed as one with new
>>>> BIOS support for the Phenom-II. Only the TA770+ SE is at the moment.
>>>> The only difference in the Sata port arrangement and the BIOS type.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I'll just keep pinging them.
>>> OK I have now the official bios for this CPU/MB combo. I still cannot boot a
>>> 1000 HZ kernel.
>> Looking at the Biostar pages I am still not completely convinced that
>> your CPU/MB combo is supported. At least it is not listed there.
>> So far TA770 A2+ SE, rev. 6.X, is listed. Did the Biostar folks confirm you
>> that your mobo model/revision is supported, too?
>>
>
> The BIOS came from http://www.biostar.cn/upload/Bios/A78XAC25.BST.rar
>
> The BIOSTAR folks supporting the US seem to be asleep. I've never gotten an
> actual response from them and have tried on 3 other occasions for other things.
>
>>> Here is my new dmesg while running a 250Hz kernel.
>> ...
>>
>>> Linux version 2.6.26.8 (root@harley) (gcc version 4.3.1 20080507 (prerelease)
>> ...
>>> CPU0: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor stepping 02
>> ...
>>> CPU1: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor stepping 02
>> ...
>>> CPU2: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor stepping 02
>> ...
>>> CPU3: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor stepping 02
>> Looks good so far.
>>
>>> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
>>> warning: `ntpd' uses deprecated v2 capabilities in a way that may be insecure.
>>> hda-intel: Invalid position buffer, using LPIB read method instead.
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 4
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 3
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 5
>> This reminds me of some system hangs with older kernels when C1E was
>> activated.
>>
>> Can you please try to boot with idle=poll, or idle=mwait, or nolapic_timer
>> when using 2.6.26.X?
>> Can you also try to boot .27 or .28?
>>
>
> OK, I tried all the above on 2.6.26.8 ann 2.6.27.10. No difference.
>
> Regards
> Mark
>
If there is anything else I can try, I'm at your disposal.
Regards
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-26 18:27 UTC|newest]
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 [this message]
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
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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