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Date:      Sun, 4 Aug 2019 08:37:42 -0500
From:      Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com>
To:        Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
Cc:        "freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: iichb0: I2C error
Message-ID:  <bd85cb86-d742-5382-ae32-4cff6ca7c1d7@gmail.com>
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On 2019-07-14 20:58, Jason Bacon wrote:
> On 2019-07-14 19:46, Justin Hibbits wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 9:32 AM Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>>>
>>> On my PowerMac G5, I consistently get this error after a cold boot:
>>>
>>> iichb0: I2C error
>>>
>>> After a minute or so, the fans ramp up to maximum.
>>>
>>> The error also consistently goes away after a warm reboot. Nothing mo=
re
>>> in dmesg:
>>>
>>> FreeBSD powermacg5.acadix=C2=A0 bacon ~ 211: dmesg|grep iichb0
>>> iichb0: <Keywest I2C controller> mem 0xf8001000-0xf8001fff irq 42 on =

>>> unin0
>>> iicbus0: <OFW I2C bus> on iichb0
>>> iichb0: I2C error
>>> iichb0: <Keywest I2C controller> mem 0xf8001000-0xf8001fff irq 42 on =

>>> unin0
>>> iicbus0: <OFW I2C bus> on iichb0
>>>
>>> No more runaway fans.
>>>
>>> Does this provide any clues about the cause?
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> How recently did this start occurring?=C2=A0 Would you be able to bise=
ct
>> the builds from a known-good starting point?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> - Justin
> I've never run a powerpc system until a few months ago, and this has=20
> always been an issue on the PowerMac.=C2=A0 I just recently established=
 the=20
> pattern that it only happens after a cold boot, though.=C2=A0 I also ha=
ve=20
> an iMac G5 that does not exhibit this issue. Both are running=20
> 12.0-RELEASE.=C2=A0 If you think it might help, I can try a 13 snapshot=
 at=20
> some point.
>
> Cheers,
>
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 JB
>
Cancel that pattern claim.=C2=A0 I've now seen it occur after a couple of=
=20
warm boots as well.=C2=A0 If I keep rebooting the problem eventually stop=
s.

Always seems to follow I2C error in dmesg, though.

Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0s3 [rw]...
SMP: 2 CPUs found; 2 CPUs usable; 1 CPUs woken
lo0: link state changed to UP
gem0: link state changed to DOWN
gem0: link state changed to UP
Security policy loaded: MAC/ntpd (mac_ntpd)
iichb0: I2C error
FreeBSD powermacg5.acadix=C2=A0 bacon ~ 835:

Fans go nuts after a few minutes.

Reboot...

Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0s3 [rw]...
SMP: 2 CPUs found; 2 CPUs usable; 1 CPUs woken
lo0: link state changed to UP
gem0: link state changed to DOWN
gem0: link state changed to UP
Security policy loaded: MAC/ntpd (mac_ntpd)
FreeBSD powermacg5.acadix=C2=A0 bacon ~ 835:

No fan issues.

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