From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 7 15:07:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from misaki (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB48816A403; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ariff@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 23:06:47 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah To: Hans Petter Selasky Message-Id: <20070207230647.20ceef7c.ariff@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200702071553.56525.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <200702061217.36453.hselasky@c2i.net> <200702071014.01442.hselasky@c2i.net> <20070207182017.3a35c22a.ariff@FreeBSD.org> <200702071553.56525.hselasky@c2i.net> Organization: FreeBSD X-Mailer: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Wed__7_Feb_2007_23_06_47_+0800_A6xj5+GoZjX7lFoV" Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: APIC problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:07:21 -0000 --Signature=_Wed__7_Feb_2007_23_06_47_+0800_A6xj5+GoZjX7lFoV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:53:56 +0100 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 11:20, Ariff Abdullah wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:14:01 +0100 > > > > Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 10:03, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri > > > > > > wrote: > > > > On 2/7/07, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 06 February 2007 16:38, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday 06 February 2007 06:17, Hans Petter Selasky > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have some problems with a HP pavillion dv2000 laptop. > > > > > > > I need to use the following hint to make it work: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hint.apic.0.disabled=3D"1" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have currently tested it with FreeSBIE 2.0 (FreeBSD > > > > > > > 6.2) and it freezes after the kernel has loaded. I tried > > > > > > > to break into the debugger, but with no success. > > > > > > > > > > > > What if you do 'kern.smp.disabled=3D1' but leave APIC > > > > > > enabled? Also, does it work ok if you disable just ACPI?=20 > > > > > > (Does it use APIC in that case, some machines don't.) > > > > > > > > > > I downloaded the following image, hence it has KDB built in: > > > > > 7.0-CURRENT-200702-i386-bootonly.iso > > > > > > > > > > I've tried with and without SMP and it is the same. > > > > > > > > > > If I disable ACPI, then I get a "trap 9: general protection > > > > > fault while in kernel mode" just after that "nve0" has been > > > > > initialized. > > > > > > > > > > Instruction pointer: 0x70:0xffff > > > > > stack pointer: 0x28:0xfd0 > > > > > frame pointer: 0x28:0xf65 > > > > > current process =3D 0 (swapper) > > > > > > > > > > >bt > > > > > > > > > > MAXCPU(....) > > > > > > > > > > When I type in "show intrcnt" in the debugger everything > > > > > looks ok to me. No extremely high interrupt counts. > > > > > > > > > > What I can add to the description of this laptop is that it > > > > > has Windows XP installed on the HDD. And not long ago it > > > > > didn't want to boot anymore, so I had to do a "destructive > > > > > system recovery". I've also noticed that if I don't use the > > > > > "ESC" key during boot, to get the boot-selection menu, but > > > > > just let the system auto-boot, many times the FreeBSD 7.0 > > > > > ISO CD will fail with a corrupt symbol table, when it is > > > > > loading the kernel. I don't believe it. Can it be that > > > > > something resistant has attached to some interrupt vectors? > > > > > Is there an easy way I can find out what is using up all the > > > > > CPU from the debugger. I tried "ps", but it doesn't show the > > > > > CPU usage per thread. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > --HPS > > > > > > > > Could you disable the nve card in the bios? I see same report > > > > from a Toshiba user regarding the nve ethernet card. > > > > > > That's not possible. No such option. :-( > > > > Search the archives for "idle_cpu". >=20 > In the loader conf I did: >=20 > load /boot/kernel/acpi.ko > set machdep.cpu_idle_hlt=3D0 >=20 > This made the FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT CD work. But on the other hand the > fan is now spinning, indicating that the CPU is not sleeping like > it should. >=20 > Do you see what the problem is? >=20 Yes, that is why I _asked_ you to search the archives for "idle_cpu". There is a __workaround__ patch for releng6, and you probably need to hack it around to make it fit with -current. -- Ariff Abdullah FreeBSD ... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........ --Signature=_Wed__7_Feb_2007_23_06_47_+0800_A6xj5+GoZjX7lFoV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFyesLlr+deMUwTNoRAsmgAKCv5/PwLwwmhLpC+TrIc9UlGVNPggCgtQA2 u0Rp4cUqW9fUW50Pdmi71qA= =Tn6d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Wed__7_Feb_2007_23_06_47_+0800_A6xj5+GoZjX7lFoV--