On Thu, 2010-11-25 at 14:29 +0100, Vincent Caron wrote: > On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 11:51 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > One thing I notice when googling R410 issues is that they apparently > > have a "Cores per CPU" BIOS option which might be worth playing with, > > since configuring a reduced number of cores might remove node 0 but not > > node 1 (odd but not invalid?). Presumably it is also worth making sure > > you have the latest BIOS etc. > > Indeed, I tweaked one BIOS setting, I disabled hyperthreading. > > The R410 BIOS has a CPU menu with (among other options): > > - Logical Processor: this is 'HT', default is enabled, I have disabled > it. > - Virtualization Technology: default is disabled. Kept disabled. > - Number of Cores per Processor: default is 'All'. Options are > single/dual/all. Kept 'all' defalut. > > I just tried to boot Xen 4.0 hypervisor after reverting to the factory > default 'HT enabled' (aka Logical Processor: Yes), same bug. > > Then I swithed off HT again, and enabled 'Virtualization > Technology' (setting which I totally overlooked, but why is it disabled > as default ?). Same bug.
Oh well, thanks for trying it! > > It's very much an outside possibility but it is also worth trying the > > packages at http://xenbits.xen.org/people/ianc/ which reinstates the > > changesets from bcf16b6b4f34fb40a7aaf637947c7d3bce0be671 > > OK, should I pick the one in > http://xenbits.xen.org/people/ianc/squeeze/ ? (I'm running Debian > Squeeze on this machine) Yes but that's a bit of a long shot (those packages only put back some GPU related fixes. It would be more useful to test the packages at http://xenbits.xen.org/people/ianc/2.6.32-27+numa1/ first. Ian. -- Ian Campbell Current Noise: Candlemass - The Well Of Souls (Live) "Pok pok pok, P'kok!" -- Superchicken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
