Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:46:51 +0200 From: yuri van Overmeeren <yuri.vanovermeeren@reston.demon.nl> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nforce2 vs. apic Message-ID: <41498B3B.303@reston.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <414975AF.7080208@icyb.net.ua> References: <414975AF.7080208@icyb.net.ua>
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Andriy Gapon wrote: >I have nforce2-based motherboard Abit NF7 and run 5.2.1-RELEASE on that >system. I have tried to enable APIC by compiling kernel with 'device >apic' (both with and without SMP option, although this is a UP system), >but system just freezes during boot with it. Everything works pretty >well without APIC, I was just curious about getting it to work. > >I found this discussion: > >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-May/027316.html > >and I have also found numerous reports on nforce2+APIC lockup problem in >Linux and some patches that were reported to help with it. > >So, I want to find out if anything changed with respect to this in >FreeBSD, maybe some patches/workarounds, or success stories about >FreeBSD+nforce2+APIC. > >Also some notes about my lockup. It happens at this point (exerpt for >non-verbose non-APIC dmesg): > >psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 >psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3 >pmtimer0 on isa0 >sc0: <System console> on isa0 >sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200> >vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 >Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1830012912 Hz quality 800 >Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec >ipfw2 initialized, divert disabled, rule-based forwarding enabled, >default to accept, logging limited to 100 packets/entry by default ><<< In APIC case system freezes here >>> >GEOM: create disk ad0 dp=0xc6e15e60 >ad0: 76319MB <WDC WD800JB-00ETA0> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 >acd0: CDRW <TEAC CD-W552E> at ata1-master UDMA33 > >Also, when system freezes keyboard LEDs still work properly and cursor >disappears when I press Scroll Lock, but arrow and PgUp/PgDown do not >work; if I try Alt-F<N> system speacker emits monotonic sound that can >not be turned off (except by reset, of course). > >I am ready to provide any additional information. Unfortunately I am not >able to use serial console, so I can't give much info for APIC-enabled case. > > > 5.2.1 freezes on a nforce2 mainboard with apci, I have a nforce2 (same abit board) based machine here running freebsd, never got the 5.2.1-release to work with acpi. It was fixed a little while after the release, 5-current has been running on the nforce2 for a while. If you can wait untill the 5.3-release,which should be in about 2~3 weeks, (and run 5.2.1 without acpi for that time) I would do that, 5.3 no longer has the lock-up issue. -yuri
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