From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 12 17:08:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 689BE16A4D1 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:08:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC1B43D1D for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:08:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 9661 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2005 17:08:32 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 12 Apr 2005 17:08:32 -0000 Received: from [131.106.57.68] (p178.n-lapop01.stsn.com [12.129.240.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3CH871I022095; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:08:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: Antoine Brodin Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:52:07 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200504112031.26979.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20050412092732.72c9c87a.antoine.brodin@laposte.net> In-Reply-To: <20050412092732.72c9c87a.antoine.brodin@laposte.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504121252.09014.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org cc: k-gleb@yandex.ru cc: dan.cojocar@gmail.com cc: nate@root.org Subject: Re: Interrupt storm X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:08:33 -0000 On Tuesday 12 April 2005 03:27 am, Antoine Brodin wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > > On Saturday 09 April 2005 05:57 am, Antoine Brodin wrote: > > > John Baldwin wrote: > > > > I think your other link devices are meant to be used in APIC mode > > > > (note their names start with 'A') and thus I think they are aliases > > > > for the other link devices. So when I turn off the alias, I turn off > > > > the non-APIC mode one as well. Working BIOSen handle this by having > > > > the same link device change its behavior (different _PRS return > > > > values) depending on the PIC mode. It's not easy to determine if a > > > > link is just not used (for example, if no card is plugged into a slot > > > > with a dedicated link) or if it's an alias. I think having two ACPI > > > > devices alias to the same hardware is a bug in the BIOS though. > > > > Perhaps your BIOS vendor can be convinced to fix this. Can you see > > > > if Linux has the same problem btw? > > > > > > I've just sent a technical support request to ASUS. I'll let you know > > > when they reply. > > > Linux doesn't have the same problem: I tested with a knoppix live cd > > > yesterday. > > > dmesg: http://bsd.miki.eu.org/~antoine/knoppix36.dmesg , but it doesn't > > > look very helpful. > > > > Actually, it is. What Linux is doing is probing all the link devices > > before it probes any PCI devices, so all the _DIS calls happen before any > > interrupts are routed. I believe Nate knows how to get FreeBSD to do > > something similar via a hack. > > There's this hack that works here: > > %%% > Index: acpi.c > =================================================================== > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/dev/acpica/acpi.c,v > retrieving revision 1.210 > diff -u -p -r1.210 acpi.c > --- acpi.c 31 Mar 2005 19:07:26 -0000 1.210 > +++ acpi.c 9 Apr 2005 09:50:54 -0000 > @@ -1503,6 +1503,9 @@ acpi_probe_order(ACPI_HANDLE handle, int > } else if (acpi_MatchHid(handle, "PNP0C09")) { > *order = 2; > ret = 1; > + } else if (acpi_MatchHid(handle, "PNP0C0F")) { > + *order = 3; > + ret = 1; > } > > return (ret); > %%% > > Cheers, > > Antoine Right. Do you think it would be ok to commit that Nate? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org