Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-12 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Andi Kleen wrote: So what can we do about the clflush on this CPU? I'll just remove that CLFLUSH statement. It was just supposed to be an optimization, but is not strictly needed. 2.6.23-rc6 boots up fine on my box. Regression fixed. Thanks. Regards, Stefan --- Stefan

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-12 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Andi Kleen wrote: So what can we do about the clflush on this CPU? I'll just remove that CLFLUSH statement. It was just supposed to be an optimization, but is not strictly needed. 2.6.23-rc6 boots up fine on my box. Regression fixed. Thanks. Regards, Stefan --- Stefan

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-06 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Andi Kleen wrote: This kernel boots up OK. Looking at the preprocessed C code the I assume you tested it a few times to make sure it really was the problem? Perhaps reenable it also once again and see if it hangs again just to be sure. I booted each kernel at least 5 times:

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-06 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Dave Jones wrote: Could be that even though it advertises clflush support there are errata on some revs of the CPU. Can you paste your /proc/cpuinfo, and I'll check with VIA to find out if they're aware of any known problems and if so, find out the range of steppings we need to not

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-06 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 10:24:07PM +0300, Stefan Becker wrote: > #if 0 > if (cpu_has_clflush) > asm("clflush (%0) " :: "r" (addr) : "memory"); > #endif > } > > This kernel boots up OK. Looking at the preprocessed C code the > following code in

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-06 Thread Dave Jones
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 10:24:07PM +0300, Stefan Becker wrote: #if 0 if (cpu_has_clflush) asm(clflush (%0) :: r (addr) : memory); #endif } This kernel boots up OK. Looking at the preprocessed C code the following code in alternative_instructions() is compiled

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-06 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Dave Jones wrote: Could be that even though it advertises clflush support there are errata on some revs of the CPU. Can you paste your /proc/cpuinfo, and I'll check with VIA to find out if they're aware of any known problems and if so, find out the range of steppings we need to not

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-06 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Andi Kleen wrote: This kernel boots up OK. Looking at the preprocessed C code the I assume you tested it a few times to make sure it really was the problem? Perhaps reenable it also once again and see if it hangs again just to be sure. I booted each kernel at least 5 times:

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-05 Thread Andi Kleen
> This kernel boots up OK. Looking at the preprocessed C code the I assume you tested it a few times to make sure it really was the problem? Perhaps reenable it also once again and see if it hangs again just to be sure. > So what can we do about the clflush on this CPU? I'll just remove that

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-05 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Andi Kleen wrote: flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm up pni est tm2 rng rng_en ace ace_en Hmm, I can't really see anything wrong. This means the original version of the patch you found had a few problems, but they were

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-05 Thread Andi Kleen
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge cmov pat > clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm up pni est tm2 rng rng_en ace ace_en Hmm, I can't really see anything wrong. This means the original version of the patch you found had a few problems, but they were all fixed later

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-05 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Andi Kleen wrote: Please report for mainline kernels. I compiled a vanilla 2.6.23-rc5 kernel. Same problem. Still no sensible debug information though... Thanks. If you can easily reproduce it would it be possible to do a git bisect to track down which change caused it? See

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-05 Thread Andi Kleen
> >Please report for mainline kernels. > > I compiled a vanilla 2.6.23-rc5 kernel. Same problem. Still no sensible > debug information though... Thanks. If you can easily reproduce it would it be possible to do a git bisect to track down which change caused it? See

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-05 Thread Andi Kleen
Please report for mainline kernels. I compiled a vanilla 2.6.23-rc5 kernel. Same problem. Still no sensible debug information though... Thanks. If you can easily reproduce it would it be possible to do a git bisect to track down which change caused it? See http://kerneltrap.org/node/11753

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-05 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Andi Kleen wrote: Please report for mainline kernels. I compiled a vanilla 2.6.23-rc5 kernel. Same problem. Still no sensible debug information though... Thanks. If you can easily reproduce it would it be possible to do a git bisect to track down which change caused it? See

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-05 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, ext Andi Kleen wrote: flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm up pni est tm2 rng rng_en ace ace_en Hmm, I can't really see anything wrong. This means the original version of the patch you found had a few problems, but they were

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-03 Thread Andi Kleen
Stefan Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > while trying to debug a hibernation/rtc_cmos alarm wakeup problem in > 2.6.22 (or later) I noticed that the latest kernel crashes (or gets > stuck sometimes) during boot after the message: > > SMP alternatives: switching to UP code > > Every kernel up

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-03 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:59:58 +0300 Stefan Becker wrote: > Hi, > > > Stefan Becker wrote: > >> > >> while trying to debug a hibernation/rtc_cmos alarm wakeup problem in > >> 2.6.22 (or later) I noticed that the latest kernel crashes (or gets > >> stuck sometimes) during boot after the message:

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-03 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, Stefan Becker wrote: while trying to debug a hibernation/rtc_cmos alarm wakeup problem in 2.6.22 (or later) I noticed that the latest kernel crashes (or gets stuck sometimes) during boot after the message: SMP alternatives: switching to UP code Retested with 2.6.23-rc4. Same result.

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-03 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, Stefan Becker wrote: while trying to debug a hibernation/rtc_cmos alarm wakeup problem in 2.6.22 (or later) I noticed that the latest kernel crashes (or gets stuck sometimes) during boot after the message: SMP alternatives: switching to UP code Retested with 2.6.23-rc4. Same result.

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-03 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:59:58 +0300 Stefan Becker wrote: Hi, Stefan Becker wrote: while trying to debug a hibernation/rtc_cmos alarm wakeup problem in 2.6.22 (or later) I noticed that the latest kernel crashes (or gets stuck sometimes) during boot after the message: SMP

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-09-03 Thread Andi Kleen
Stefan Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: while trying to debug a hibernation/rtc_cmos alarm wakeup problem in 2.6.22 (or later) I noticed that the latest kernel crashes (or gets stuck sometimes) during boot after the message: SMP alternatives: switching to UP code Every kernel up to

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-08-27 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, Stefan Becker wrote: while trying to debug a hibernation/rtc_cmos alarm wakeup problem in 2.6.22 (or later) I noticed that the latest kernel crashes (or gets stuck sometimes) during boot after the message: SMP alternatives: switching to UP code Retested with 2.6.23-rc3-git10. Same

Re: [pre-2.6.23 REGRESSION] 2.6.23-rc3-git1 crash/stuck on VIA CN700 system

2007-08-27 Thread Stefan Becker
Hi, Stefan Becker wrote: while trying to debug a hibernation/rtc_cmos alarm wakeup problem in 2.6.22 (or later) I noticed that the latest kernel crashes (or gets stuck sometimes) during boot after the message: SMP alternatives: switching to UP code Retested with 2.6.23-rc3-git10. Same