Problem solved!

It was apparently coming from some kernel debugging feature that I activated
in my configuration. I haven't identified precisely which one since I unset
a couple of them at the same time.

Thanks Paul for your help and configuration file. It was really helpful.

--Bruno


2009/1/20 Bruno Rouchouse <broucho...@gmail.com>

> Hi list,
>
> I'm trying to get Xenomai to work on my Intel Core 2 Quad (x86_64) but I'm
> facing a critical issue here and I'd like to know if someone has already
> stumbled over a similar problem.
>
> *Problem:
> *I experience a kernel freeze or spurious reboot as soon as I get "I-pipe:
> Domain Xenomai Registered". I usually get a few more messages after that
> like "BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0xfffffffffffffff"
> before the kernel freezes but I don't think they are really relevant since
> there are almost different every time!
>
> *Configuration:
> *cat /proc/cpuinfo while running Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue
> Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> (first core only)
> processor    : 0
> vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
> cpu family    : 6
> model        : 23
> model name    : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q9400  @ 2.66GHz
> stepping    : 10
> cpu MHz        : 2003.000
> cache size    : 3072 KB
> physical id    : 0
> siblings    : 4
> core id        : 0
> cpu cores    : 4
> apicid        : 0
> initial apicid    : 0
> fpu        : yes
> fpu_exception    : yes
> cpuid level    : 13
> wp        : yes
> flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm
> constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni monitor ds_cpl vmx smx
> est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm
> bogomips    : 5343.17
> clflush size    : 64
> cache_alignment    : 64
> address sizes    : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management:
>
> Linux Kernel version: 2.6.27.11
> Adeos patch: adeos-ipipe-2.6.27-x86-2.2-02.patch from svn
>
> Kernel configuration file attached to this email.
>
> *Things I have tried so far:
> *Gilles pointed out to me this thread:
> https://mail.gna.org/public/xenomai-help/2008-12/msg00088.html
> I did try to apply the patch but without any success. I also tried to
> change maxcpus on the bootline but it doesn't change anything either. In
> fact, I don't think it is the same issue here since I seem to crash at the
> very beginning of the boot process.
>
> Of course disabling I-pipe support in the configuration works fine.
>
> Try to get as few options as possible. Probably not finished but it didn't
> help either so far!
>
> Since the more I work on that, the least it's probably going to work :) I
> need to step back a little bit. I would appreciate any hints or advice on
> how to tackle that. Any configuration file on a same or similar
> configuration is also very welcome. It may just be a stupid conflict in my
> kernel features that may provoke this problem.
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Best regards,
>
> --Bruno
>
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