On 26 July 2010 13:11, Gilles Chanteperdrix <
[email protected]> wrote:

> >>>>>
> >>>>>     Stephen Bryant wrote:
> >>>>>     > I've had a look at dmesg, but cannot find any references to SMI
> -
> >>>> what
> >>>>>     > should I be looking for?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     What is described in the TROUBLESHOOTING file.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have tried disabling the SMI workaround, ensuring that SMI
> detection
> >>>>> is not disabled, and logging the kernel output (setting the kernel
> log
> >>>>> level to 8 in grub and sending the output to the serial port to be
> >>>>> picked up by another machine). The troubleshooting file states that I
> >>>>> should see "Xenomai: Intel chipset found and SMI workaround not
> >>>>> enabled, you may encounter high interrupt latencies." in this output,
> >>>>> however this does not occur - I am using an Intel Core 2 Duo but with
> >>>>> SMP disabled, if this has any relevance.
> >>>> The SMI detection/workaround is based on the chipset you have. If your
> >>>> chipset is an ICH10, Stefan posted a patch a few days ago. If it is
> >>>> another one, then please send us the result of lspci -vv on your
> target.
> >>>>
> >>> It seems to be ICH8, so the result is attached,
> >> Please try with the following patch:
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>                                             Gilles.
> >>
> >
> > With the patch applied and SMI Workaround not used I get the kernel
> message
> > as expected: "...SMI workaround not enabled...".
> >
> > However, with the SMI Workaround enabled and Globally disabling SMI I get
> > the messages:
> > "Xenomai: SMI-enabled chipset found
> > Xenomai: SMI workaround failed!"
>
> It probably means that your board manufacturer has decided, at BIOS
> level, to prevent you from disabling the SMIs. You may want to try
> disabling the SMI bits one by one.
>
> --
>                                             Gilles.
>

Do you mean enabling / disabling the individual options in the SMI
Workaround section of the kernel config file, or are you suggesting
something lower level / something else?

Steve
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