On 19 June 2018 at 02:50, Gary Jennejohn <gljennj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:44:13 -0700 > Eitan Adler <li...@eitanadler.com> wrote: > >> On 13 June 2018 at 04:16, Eitan Adler <li...@eitanadler.com> wrote: >> > On 13 June 2018 at 03:35, Konstantin Belousov <kostik...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Today I noted that AMD published the public errata document for Ryzens, >> >> https://developer.amd.com/wp-content/resources/55449_1.12.pdf >> >> >> >> Some of the issues listed there looks quite relevant to the potential >> >> hangs that some people still experience with the machines. I wrote >> >> a script which should apply the recommended workarounds to the erratas >> >> that I find interesting. >> >> >> >> To run it, kldload cpuctl, then apply the latest firmware update to your >> >> CPU, then run the following shell script. Comments indicate the errata >> >> number for the workarounds. >> >> >> >> Please report the results. If the script helps, I will code the kernel >> >> change to apply the workarounds. >> >> >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> >> >> # Enable workarounds for erratas listed in >> >> # https://developer.amd.com/wp-content/resources/55449_1.12.pdf >> >> >> >> # 1057, 1109 >> >> sysctl machdep.idle_mwait=0 >> >> sysctl machdep.idle=hlt >> > >> > >> > Is this needed if it was previously machdep.idle: acpi ? >> >> This might explain why I've never seen the lockup issues mentioned by >> other people. What would cause my machine to differ from others? >> > > I had sysctl machdep.idle_mwait=1 and machdep.idle=acpi before > applying the shell script. I had multiple lockups every week, > sometimes multiple lockups per day.
This makes me curious about why I didn't experience lockups. Perhaps my BIOS defaulted to something else? With these settings: machdep.idle: acpi machdep.idle_mwait: 1 -- Eitan Adler _______________________________________________ freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
