Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:56:34 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Edgar Martinez <emartinez@kbcnetworks.com> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: No valid timers found on ALIX (was Re: 9.0-BETA2 - Kernel Panic on ALIX) Message-ID: <4E5E91F2.8080606@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <957EB052144AA64AB39F7AB26878320101217C4C30@VA3DIAXVS881.RED001.local> References: <957EB052144AA64AB39F7AB26878320101217C4C30@VA3DIAXVS881.RED001.local>
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On 8/31/2011 3:25 PM, Edgar Martinez wrote: > Nope..I rebuilt with both options..and just one at a time.. Strange, My kernel is not so different from GENERIC. I added it to the bottom of http://www.tancsa.com/beta2.html Perhaps its a different Alix box than mine that is causing the issue ? I tried with http://www.pcengines.ch/alix6f2.htm and http://www.pcengines.ch/alix3d2.htm ---Mike > > panic: No usable event timer found! > KDB: stack backtrace: > X_db_sym_numargs(c0758a2d) at 0xc0471f85 = X_db_sym_numargs+0x135 > kdb_backtrace(c2820d38,1,fffffff,c2820d40,c070257a,...) at 0xc05a9c98 = kdb_backtrace+0x28 > panic(c077df08,c078251c,fffffff,c2820d48,c0708b88,...) at 0xc0581322 = panic+0xa2 > cpu_initclocks_bsp(c2820d60,c054358b,c07c8f14,c0750d2a,0,...) at 0xc070257a = cpu_initclocks_bsp+0xfa > cpu_initclocks(c07c8f14,c0750d2a,0,0,c2820d78,...) at 0xc0708b88 = cpu_initclocks+0x8 > hardclock_sync(0,281ec00,281e000,2825000,0,...) at 0xc054358b = hardclock_sync+0x3b > mi_startup() at 0xc0541469 = mi_startup+0xa9 > btext() at 0xc0447665 = btext+0x95 > KDB: enter: panic > [ thread pid 0 tid 100000 ] > Stopped at 0xc05a9aa4 = kdb_enter+0x34: movl $0,0xc07d93b4 = kdb_why > > Is still the result.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Tancsa [mailto:mike@sentex.net] > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:53 AM > To: Adrian Chadd > Cc: Edgar Martinez; freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: No valid timers found on ALIX (was Re: 9.0-BETA2 - Kernel Panic on ALIX) > > On 8/31/2011 12:27 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Just to clarify for Edgar, >> >> His 9.0 build isn't finding any valid timers; hence why the thing >> panics upon boot. >> >> Since I've got a few Alix boards I'd like to use for 11n testing, i'd >> like to know how to make this work. >> Does anyone know the relevant magic to see which timers are available, >> and force enable something that'll work? > > > Strange, > I had just tried with a Soekris not long ago and it was happy with > Beta1 and 2.... csuping... updating... and it still works. dmesg.txt at > http://www.tancsa.com/beta2.html > > What if you add > > option CPU_GEODE > option CPU_SOEKRIS > > to the kernel ? I think actually only one is needed, but I forget which one. > > ---Mike > -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
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