Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:40:08 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Subject: Re: nforce2 vs. apic Message-ID: <200409231440.18995.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <4151AE68.6040802@icyb.net.ua> References: <4151AE68.6040802@icyb.net.ua>
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--nextPart3086757.pKZkdvH8bN Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Mittwoch, 22. September 2004 18:55 schrieb Andriy Gapon: > I posted this some time ago to freebsd-questions@, but replies I got, > although very helping, amounted to "don't do it", so I am trying this lis= t. > > 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. Why don't you give 5.3 a try? It's BETA5 and maybe you could help finding=20 bugs.. =2DMano > > 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=3D0x200> > 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=3D0xc6e15e60 > 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. --nextPart3086757.pKZkdvH8bN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBUsQyBylq0S4AzzwRAo32AJ0bQ9Re/+XOXgqIaspQKI9RGzPnWgCffd2P wccsfeHaIrd9Z8FpubdMQdw= =cqhd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3086757.pKZkdvH8bN--
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