Re: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
On 25/09/07 01:38 -0700, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > Chuck, Jordan, > thanks for taking an interest in this problem. As suggested by Jordan I tried > a new > BIOS revision from > http://www.digitallogic.ch/index.php?id=256=/MSEP800%20-%20SM800PCX%20%20-%20MPC20%20-%20MPC21=23 > > Unfortunately the kernel still fails to boot in the same way. You'll have to contact Digital Logic and have them check with the BIOS vendor to see if the fix was made in that version or not. I don't have that particular board, so I can't try out the fixes here. I'm still trying to track down the particulars of the fix from the BIOS vendor. I'll let you know. > Do you still need the disassembled reserve_bootmem_core? Sure - you might as well - just to make sure its the same problem. Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
RE: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
Chuck, Jordan, thanks for taking an interest in this problem. As suggested by Jordan I tried a new BIOS revision from http://www.digitallogic.ch/index.php?id=256=/MSEP800%20-%20SM800PCX%20%20-%20MPC20%20-%20MPC21=23 Unfortunately the kernel still fails to boot in the same way. Do you still need the disassembled reserve_bootmem_core? -- Thanks and kind regards Joerg Yahoo! Clever: Stellen Sie Fragen und finden Sie Antworten. Teilen Sie Ihr Wissen. www.yahoo.de/clever - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
RE: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
Chuck, Jordan, thanks for taking an interest in this problem. As suggested by Jordan I tried a new BIOS revision from http://www.digitallogic.ch/index.php?id=256dir=/MSEP800%20-%20SM800PCX%20%20-%20MPC20%20-%20MPC21mountpoint=23 Unfortunately the kernel still fails to boot in the same way. Do you still need the disassembled reserve_bootmem_core? -- Thanks and kind regards Joerg Yahoo! Clever: Stellen Sie Fragen und finden Sie Antworten. Teilen Sie Ihr Wissen. www.yahoo.de/clever - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
On 25/09/07 01:38 -0700, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: Chuck, Jordan, thanks for taking an interest in this problem. As suggested by Jordan I tried a new BIOS revision from http://www.digitallogic.ch/index.php?id=256dir=/MSEP800%20-%20SM800PCX%20%20-%20MPC20%20-%20MPC21mountpoint=23 Unfortunately the kernel still fails to boot in the same way. You'll have to contact Digital Logic and have them check with the BIOS vendor to see if the fix was made in that version or not. I don't have that particular board, so I can't try out the fixes here. I'm still trying to track down the particulars of the fix from the BIOS vendor. I'll let you know. Do you still need the disassembled reserve_bootmem_core? Sure - you might as well - just to make sure its the same problem. Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On 09/20/2007 08:32 AM, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: >> Hello all, >> yesterday I tried to boot a kernel built from the current wireless-dev git >> tree (ath5k branch) >> on a MSEP800/A board (see http://www.milesie.co.uk/pdf/MSEP800.pdf). The >> board >> contains an AMD Geode LX800 CPU. >> The wireless-dev tree is up to date with Linus kernel 2.6.23-rc6. >> >> Attached is a photographic screen shot. The EIP value of c0378dd6 seems to >> correspond with the >> reserve_bootmem_core from System.map: >> >> c0378d51 t free_bootmem_core >> c0378da7 T free_bootmem >> c0378db2 T free_bootmem_node >> c0378dba t reserve_bootmem_core >> c0378e14 T reserve_bootmem >> c0378e1f T reserve_bootmem_node >> > Can you post disassembled code for that function? Its hitting a bug - specifically (from bootmem.c:125): BUG_ON(PFN_DOWN(addr) >= bdata->node_low_pfn); I hit this problem on a db800 last week. It went away with a newer version of the BIOS, which doesn't help Joerg any, since its a different board (though I think it is the same BIOS vendor). Other BIOSes work just fine with the same kernel image (including known troublemakers like LinuxBIOS). I believe that 2.6.22 was good, so some change must have come along in 2.6.23-pre to cause the pain. Or, it may have exposed old breakage in the BIOS that was later repaired. I'll do the math to figure out whats happening - and I'll check the release notes to see what changed in the BIOS between the failing and working version. If anybody familiar with arch/i386 can think of something new in the kernel that may have precipitated this, do let me know. :) Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
On 09/20/2007 08:32 AM, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > Hello all, > yesterday I tried to boot a kernel built from the current wireless-dev git > tree (ath5k branch) > on a MSEP800/A board (see http://www.milesie.co.uk/pdf/MSEP800.pdf). The board > contains an AMD Geode LX800 CPU. > The wireless-dev tree is up to date with Linus kernel 2.6.23-rc6. > > Attached is a photographic screen shot. The EIP value of c0378dd6 seems to > correspond with the > reserve_bootmem_core from System.map: > > c0378d51 t free_bootmem_core > c0378da7 T free_bootmem > c0378db2 T free_bootmem_node > c0378dba t reserve_bootmem_core > c0378e14 T reserve_bootmem > c0378e1f T reserve_bootmem_node > Can you post disassembled code for that function? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
On 09/20/2007 08:32 AM, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: Hello all, yesterday I tried to boot a kernel built from the current wireless-dev git tree (ath5k branch) on a MSEP800/A board (see http://www.milesie.co.uk/pdf/MSEP800.pdf). The board contains an AMD Geode LX800 CPU. The wireless-dev tree is up to date with Linus kernel 2.6.23-rc6. Attached is a photographic screen shot. The EIP value of c0378dd6 seems to correspond with the reserve_bootmem_core from System.map: c0378d51 t free_bootmem_core c0378da7 T free_bootmem c0378db2 T free_bootmem_node c0378dba t reserve_bootmem_core c0378e14 T reserve_bootmem c0378e1f T reserve_bootmem_node Can you post disassembled code for that function? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
Chuck Ebbert wrote: On 09/20/2007 08:32 AM, Joerg Pommnitz wrote: Hello all, yesterday I tried to boot a kernel built from the current wireless-dev git tree (ath5k branch) on a MSEP800/A board (see http://www.milesie.co.uk/pdf/MSEP800.pdf). The board contains an AMD Geode LX800 CPU. The wireless-dev tree is up to date with Linus kernel 2.6.23-rc6. Attached is a photographic screen shot. The EIP value of c0378dd6 seems to correspond with the reserve_bootmem_core from System.map: c0378d51 t free_bootmem_core c0378da7 T free_bootmem c0378db2 T free_bootmem_node c0378dba t reserve_bootmem_core c0378e14 T reserve_bootmem c0378e1f T reserve_bootmem_node Can you post disassembled code for that function? Its hitting a bug - specifically (from bootmem.c:125): BUG_ON(PFN_DOWN(addr) = bdata-node_low_pfn); I hit this problem on a db800 last week. It went away with a newer version of the BIOS, which doesn't help Joerg any, since its a different board (though I think it is the same BIOS vendor). Other BIOSes work just fine with the same kernel image (including known troublemakers like LinuxBIOS). I believe that 2.6.22 was good, so some change must have come along in 2.6.23-pre to cause the pain. Or, it may have exposed old breakage in the BIOS that was later repaired. I'll do the math to figure out whats happening - and I'll check the release notes to see what changed in the BIOS between the failing and working version. If anybody familiar with arch/i386 can think of something new in the kernel that may have precipitated this, do let me know. :) Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
