Re: neigh: timer & !nud_in_timer

2008-01-03 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: I noticed the following message in my kernel log. kernel: neigh: timer & !nud_in_timer (Might be due to a race condition.) I'm running a UP Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 ( http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php ) The following /proc entries might be relevant. /proc/sys/net/

Re: neigh: timer !nud_in_timer

2008-01-03 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: I noticed the following message in my kernel log. kernel: neigh: timer !nud_in_timer (Might be due to a race condition.) I'm running a UP Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 ( http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php ) The following /proc entries might be relevant. /proc/sys/net/ipv4

neigh: timer & !nud_in_timer

2007-12-20 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I noticed the following message in my kernel log. kernel: neigh: timer & !nud_in_timer (Might be due to a race condition.) I'm running a UP Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 ( http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php ) The following /proc entries might be relevant.

neigh: timer !nud_in_timer

2007-12-20 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I noticed the following message in my kernel log. kernel: neigh: timer !nud_in_timer (Might be due to a race condition.) I'm running a UP Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 ( http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php ) The following /proc entries might be relevant.

Re: Is the PCI clock within the spec?

2007-12-04 Thread John Sigler
Dick Johnson wrote: You can't just touch a scope-probe to the PCI clock pin and clip the scope-probe grounding lead to a convenient "ground" to make these measurements! You need a special fixture that will make a low-inductance connection to the PCI bus in the same manner as the interface chip.

Re: Is the PCI clock within the spec?

2007-12-04 Thread John Sigler
Hello Sébastien, Sébastien Dugué wrote: John Sigler wrote: I have an x86 system, running Linux 2.6.22.1-rt9, in which I plug one or two PCI I/O boards. I had been experiencing complete system lock-ups until I sent the system to the board manufacturer, and he fixed the problem. However, he

Is the PCI clock within the spec?

2007-12-04 Thread John Sigler
Hello everyone, I have an x86 system, running Linux 2.6.22.1-rt9, in which I plug one or two PCI I/O boards. I had been experiencing complete system lock-ups until I sent the system to the board manufacturer, and he fixed the problem. However, he told me that the PCI clock seemed out of spec, as

Is the PCI clock within the spec?

2007-12-04 Thread John Sigler
Hello everyone, I have an x86 system, running Linux 2.6.22.1-rt9, in which I plug one or two PCI I/O boards. I had been experiencing complete system lock-ups until I sent the system to the board manufacturer, and he fixed the problem. However, he told me that the PCI clock seemed out of spec, as

Re: Is the PCI clock within the spec?

2007-12-04 Thread John Sigler
Hello Sébastien, Sébastien Dugué wrote: John Sigler wrote: I have an x86 system, running Linux 2.6.22.1-rt9, in which I plug one or two PCI I/O boards. I had been experiencing complete system lock-ups until I sent the system to the board manufacturer, and he fixed the problem. However, he

Re: Is the PCI clock within the spec?

2007-12-04 Thread John Sigler
Dick Johnson wrote: You can't just touch a scope-probe to the PCI clock pin and clip the scope-probe grounding lead to a convenient ground to make these measurements! You need a special fixture that will make a low-inductance connection to the PCI bus in the same manner as the interface chip.

Re: How to debug complete kernel lock-ups

2007-10-31 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: John Sigler wrote: I have an x86 system with two PCI slots, in which I inserted two specialized output cards (Dektec DTA-105). http://www.dektec.com/Products/DTA-105/ (They provide an open source driver.) My problem is: when I write to the 4 ports (each card has 2 ports

Re: How to debug complete kernel lock-ups

2007-10-31 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: John Sigler wrote: I have an x86 system with two PCI slots, in which I inserted two specialized output cards (Dektec DTA-105). http://www.dektec.com/Products/DTA-105/ (They provide an open source driver.) My problem is: when I write to the 4 ports (each card has 2 ports

Re: halt and poweroff do not shut the system down

2007-10-24 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' or 'poweroff' (sysvinit-2.86) the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt

Re: How to debug complete kernel lock-ups

2007-10-24 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: I have an x86 system with two PCI slots, in which I inserted two specialized output cards (Dektec DTA-105). http://www.dektec.com/Products/DTA-105/ (They provide an open source driver.) My problem is: when I write to the 4 ports (each card has 2 ports) "at the same

halt and poweroff do not shut the system down

2007-10-24 Thread John Sigler
Hello, When I run 'halt' or 'poweroff' (sysvinit-2.86) the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device

halt and poweroff do not shut the system down

2007-10-24 Thread John Sigler
Hello, When I run 'halt' or 'poweroff' (sysvinit-2.86) the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device

Re: How to debug complete kernel lock-ups

2007-10-24 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: I have an x86 system with two PCI slots, in which I inserted two specialized output cards (Dektec DTA-105). http://www.dektec.com/Products/DTA-105/ (They provide an open source driver.) My problem is: when I write to the 4 ports (each card has 2 ports) at the same time

Re: halt and poweroff do not shut the system down

2007-10-24 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' or 'poweroff' (sysvinit-2.86) the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt

How to debug complete kernel lock-ups

2007-10-23 Thread John Sigler
Hello everyone, I have an x86 system with two PCI slots, in which I inserted two specialized output cards (Dektec DTA-105). http://www.dektec.com/Products/DTA-105/ (They provide an open source driver.) My problem is: when I write to the 4 ports (each card has 2 ports) "at the same time" (not

How to debug complete kernel lock-ups

2007-10-23 Thread John Sigler
Hello everyone, I have an x86 system with two PCI slots, in which I inserted two specialized output cards (Dektec DTA-105). http://www.dektec.com/Products/DTA-105/ (They provide an open source driver.) My problem is: when I write to the 4 ports (each card has 2 ports) at the same time (not

Re: NMI watchdog

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Steven Rostedt wrote: -- (Strange characters.) John Sigler wrote: APIC timer registered as dummy, due to nmi_watchdog=1! Clockevents: could not switch to one-shot mode: lapic is not functional. Could not switch to high resolution mode on CPU 0 Do you know why nmi_watchdog=1 disables high

Re: Understanding lspci output

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Hello Martin, Martin Mares wrote: I ran lspci -vvv on a system: http://linux.kernel.free.fr/halt/lspci.txt (I used lspci version 2.2.5 in case it matters.) But I'm having a hard time making sense of the output. 1. How many PCI buses are there in the system? Two, just see the bus numbers

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: John Sigler wrote: Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: John Sigler wrote: +===+ | Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN | |---| | Instant-Off . [v

Understanding lspci output

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Hello everyone, I ran lspci -vvv on a system: http://linux.kernel.free.fr/halt/lspci.txt (I used lspci version 2.2.5 in case it matters.) But I'm having a hard time making sense of the output. 1. How many PCI buses are there in the system? 2. Do any of the PCI buses support 66 MHz operation?

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: John Sigler wrote: +===+ | Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN | |---| | Instant-Off . [v]| | Delay 4 Sec

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: John Sigler wrote: +===+ | Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN | |---| | Instant-Off . [v]| | Delay 4 Sec

Understanding lspci output

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Hello everyone, I ran lspci -vvv on a system: http://linux.kernel.free.fr/halt/lspci.txt (I used lspci version 2.2.5 in case it matters.) But I'm having a hard time making sense of the output. 1. How many PCI buses are there in the system? 2. Do any of the PCI buses support 66 MHz operation?

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: John Sigler wrote: Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: John Sigler wrote: +===+ | Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN | |---| | Instant-Off . [v

Re: Understanding lspci output

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Hello Martin, Martin Mares wrote: I ran lspci -vvv on a system: http://linux.kernel.free.fr/halt/lspci.txt (I used lspci version 2.2.5 in case it matters.) But I'm having a hard time making sense of the output. 1. How many PCI buses are there in the system? Two, just see the bus numbers

Re: NMI watchdog

2007-10-17 Thread John Sigler
Steven Rostedt wrote: -- (Strange characters.) John Sigler wrote: APIC timer registered as dummy, due to nmi_watchdog=1! Clockevents: could not switch to one-shot mode: lapic is not functional. Could not switch to high resolution mode on CPU 0 Do you know why nmi_watchdog=1 disables high

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-16 Thread John Sigler
Dick Johnson wrote: John Sigler wrote: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to hang my system in acpi_os_write_port(). What can I do about that? Another observation: if I connect a screen to the system's VGA port

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-16 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Could you please open bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and put all these files there? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to hang my system in acpi_os_write_port(). What

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-16 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Could you please open bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and put all these files there? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to hang my system in acpi_os_write_port(). What

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-16 Thread John Sigler
Dick Johnson wrote: John Sigler wrote: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to hang my system in acpi_os_write_port(). What can I do about that? Another observation: if I connect a screen to the system's VGA port

Re: NMI watchdog

2007-10-15 Thread John Sigler
Arjan van de Ven wrote: John Sigler wrote: I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. one thing worth a shot is enabling lockdep.. that often finds deadlocks for you ;) I enabled every

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-15 Thread John Sigler
Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: John Sigler wrote: Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Could you please open bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and put all these files there? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to hang my system

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-15 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Could you please open bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and put all these files there? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to hang my system in acpi_os_write_port(). What

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-15 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Could you please open bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and put all these files there? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to hang my system in acpi_os_write_port(). What

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-15 Thread John Sigler
Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: John Sigler wrote: Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Could you please open bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and put all these files there? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 Writing 15361 (i.e. 0x3C01) to ACPI_REGISTER_PM1A_CONTROL appears to hang my system

Re: NMI watchdog

2007-10-15 Thread John Sigler
Arjan van de Ven wrote: John Sigler wrote: I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. one thing worth a shot is enabling lockdep.. that often finds deadlocks for you ;) I enabled every

Re: NMI watchdog

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
Steven Rostedt wrote: John Sigler wrote: I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 PREEMPT RT Tue Oct 9 12:25:47 CEST 2007

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Could you please open bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and put all these files there? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 (In my browser, halt output is incorrectly displayed in UTF-8.) Regards. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: NMI watchdog

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
Björn Steinbrink wrote: John Sigler wrote: I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 PREEMPT RT Tue Oct 9 12:25:47 CEST

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:02.0 disabled

NMI watchdog

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 PREEMPT RT Tue Oct 9 12:25:47 CEST 2007 # cat /proc/cmdline ro

NMI watchdog

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 PREEMPT RT Tue Oct 9 12:25:47 CEST 2007 # cat /proc/cmdline ro

Re: NMI watchdog

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
Steven Rostedt wrote: John Sigler wrote: I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 PREEMPT RT Tue Oct 9 12:25:47 CEST 2007

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: Could you please open bug at bugzilla.kernel.org and put all these files there? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9148 (In my browser, halt output is incorrectly displayed in UTF-8.) Regards. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: NMI watchdog

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
Björn Steinbrink wrote: John Sigler wrote: I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog. # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 PREEMPT RT Tue Oct 9 12:25:47 CEST

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-12 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:02.0 disabled

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-10 Thread John Sigler
Hello Remy, Remy Bohmer wrote: John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-10 Thread John Sigler
(The original message seems to have been ignored by the mailing list robot, probably because the attachments made it too large. Re-send with links instead of attaching the documents to the message.) John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-10 Thread John Sigler
(The original message seems to have been ignored by the mailing list robot, probably because the attachments made it too large. Re-send with links instead of attaching the documents to the message.) John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-10 Thread John Sigler
Hello Remy, Remy Bohmer wrote: John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-09 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:02.0 disabled

Re: halt does not shut the system down

2007-10-09 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: When I run 'halt' the kernel prints: Halting. Shutdown: hdc ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:05.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:04.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:03.0 disabled ACPI: PCI interrupt for device :01:02.0 disabled

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-09-03 Thread John Sigler
Sergei Shtylyov wrote: John Sigler wrote: When my system boots, I get several set_drive_speed_status errors. (Please see attached dmesg output.) Can someone explain what they mean? How do I get rid of them? IDE code attempts to autotune PIO mode and fails at that because your device

System clock frequency offset changes drastically across reboots

2007-09-03 Thread John Sigler
[ Re-sending... Please feel free to comment, even if you don't have "The Solution". I'd just like to get some feedback. ] Hello everyone, I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed either by ntpd, or by hand) changes drastically across

System clock frequency offset changes drastically across reboots

2007-09-03 Thread John Sigler
[ Re-sending... Please feel free to comment, even if you don't have The Solution. I'd just like to get some feedback. ] Hello everyone, I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed either by ntpd, or by hand) changes drastically across

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-31 Thread John Sigler
Eric wrote: John Sigler wrote: According to my supplier, herre is the data sheet for the DOMs: http://www.pqimemory.com/documents/domdata.pdf PIO mode 2 is mentioned. Even DMA seems to be supported. Or am I mistaken? Page 3 states max interface burst speed is 8.3MB/s in PIO2. I wouldn't

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-31 Thread John Sigler
Alan Cox wrote: John Sigler wrote: http://www.pqimemory.com/documents/domdata.pdf PIO mode 2 is mentioned. Even DMA seems to be supported. Or am I mistaken? Could there be a bug in my south bridge? Nothing there about DMA support. cf. document's page 12. DMACK- (DMA acknowledge

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-31 Thread John Sigler
Alan Cox wrote: John Sigler wrote: http://www.pqimemory.com/documents/domdata.pdf PIO mode 2 is mentioned. Even DMA seems to be supported. Or am I mistaken? Could there be a bug in my south bridge? Nothing there about DMA support. cf. document's page 12. DMACK- (DMA acknowledge

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-31 Thread John Sigler
Eric wrote: John Sigler wrote: According to my supplier, herre is the data sheet for the DOMs: http://www.pqimemory.com/documents/domdata.pdf PIO mode 2 is mentioned. Even DMA seems to be supported. Or am I mistaken? Page 3 states max interface burst speed is 8.3MB/s in PIO2. I wouldn't

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-30 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: Petr Vandrovec wrote: John Sigler wrote: Alan Cox wrote: Basically your dinosaur is working correctly. What do the warnings mean? :-) That your drive does not support set transfer mode/speed command at all, or that value which kernel tried is not supported

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-30 Thread John Sigler
Petr Vandrovec wrote: John Sigler wrote: Alan Cox wrote: Basically your dinosaur is working correctly. What do the warnings mean? :-) That your drive does not support set transfer mode/speed command at all, or that value which kernel tried is not supported by the drive... I would

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-30 Thread John Sigler
Alan Cox wrote: John Sigler wrote: Standards: Likely used: 1 Prehistory The tragic bit is that we were sold similar DOMs in 2007... (It's probably time to change suppliers?) LBA, IORDY not likely No DMA, nothing above PIO2 OK. (Grumble) Buffer type: 0002

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-30 Thread John Sigler
Alan Cox wrote: John Sigler wrote: Standards: Likely used: 1 Prehistory The tragic bit is that we were sold similar DOMs in 2007... (It's probably time to change suppliers?) LBA, IORDY not likely No DMA, nothing above PIO2 OK. (Grumble) Buffer type: 0002

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-30 Thread John Sigler
Petr Vandrovec wrote: John Sigler wrote: Alan Cox wrote: Basically your dinosaur is working correctly. What do the warnings mean? :-) That your drive does not support set transfer mode/speed command at all, or that value which kernel tried is not supported by the drive... I would

Re: hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-30 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: Petr Vandrovec wrote: John Sigler wrote: Alan Cox wrote: Basically your dinosaur is working correctly. What do the warnings mean? :-) That your drive does not support set transfer mode/speed command at all, or that value which kernel tried is not supported

hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-29 Thread John Sigler
Hello, When my system boots, I get several set_drive_speed_status errors. (Please see attached dmesg output.) Can someone explain what they mean? How do I get rid of them? Is there something I need to set in the config? or something I should not have set? Bonus question: is there some way

hda: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

2007-08-29 Thread John Sigler
Hello, When my system boots, I get several set_drive_speed_status errors. (Please see attached dmesg output.) Can someone explain what they mean? How do I get rid of them? Is there something I need to set in the config? or something I should not have set? Bonus question: is there some way

Re: pdflush preemption

2007-08-28 Thread John Sigler
Daniel Walker wrote: John Sigler wrote: Why does pdflush kick in to ruin my party? :-) The expected latency is ~600 µs. http://linux.kernel.free.fr/latency/pdflush.trace Does ide_inb mean I'm reading from the disk? Does your real time application lock its memory, or allow itself

pdflush preemption

2007-08-28 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I've been using the latency tracing tool in -rt. Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.4) #1 PREEMPT RT prctl(0, 1); /* start tracing */ TsOut.Write(buf, packet_size); prctl(0, 0); /* stop tracing */ Write() calls the driver through an ioctl, which schedules a DMA to

pdflush preemption

2007-08-28 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I've been using the latency tracing tool in -rt. Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.4) #1 PREEMPT RT prctl(0, 1); /* start tracing */ TsOut.Write(buf, packet_size); prctl(0, 0); /* stop tracing */ Write() calls the driver through an ioctl, which schedules a DMA to

Re: pdflush preemption

2007-08-28 Thread John Sigler
Daniel Walker wrote: John Sigler wrote: Why does pdflush kick in to ruin my party? :-) The expected latency is ~600 µs. http://linux.kernel.free.fr/latency/pdflush.trace Does ide_inb mean I'm reading from the disk? Does your real time application lock its memory, or allow itself

Re: Old -rt patches

2007-08-07 Thread John Sigler
Paul E. McKenney wrote: John Sigler wrote: I wrote a Linux app where I need high-resolution timers. I went all the way and installed the -rt patch, which includes the -hrt patches, as far as I understand. Since I could not afford to change kernels with every new release, I decided

Re: Old -rt patches

2007-08-07 Thread John Sigler
Daniel Walker wrote: John Sigler wrote: Would anyone care to comment? I'm not sure if this is the answer that you're looking for, but yes you certainly will find fixed bug is older version of the tree. I am not a kernel hacker, therefore I can only imagine how complex it is to bring real

Re: Old -rt patches

2007-08-07 Thread John Sigler
Daniel Walker wrote: John Sigler wrote: Would anyone care to comment? I'm not sure if this is the answer that you're looking for, but yes you certainly will find fixed bug is older version of the tree. I am not a kernel hacker, therefore I can only imagine how complex it is to bring real

Re: Old -rt patches

2007-08-07 Thread John Sigler
Paul E. McKenney wrote: John Sigler wrote: I wrote a Linux app where I need high-resolution timers. I went all the way and installed the -rt patch, which includes the -hrt patches, as far as I understand. Since I could not afford to change kernels with every new release, I decided

Re: Old -rt patches

2007-08-06 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: I wrote a Linux app where I need high-resolution timers. I went all the way and installed the -rt patch, which includes the -hrt patches, as far as I understand. Since I could not afford to change kernels with every new release, I decided to track the 2.6.20 branch

Re: PROFILE_NMI kernel config symbol

2007-08-06 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: The -rt patch includes the following update: Index: linux/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig === --- linux.orig/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig +++ linux/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig @@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ config OPROFILE

Re: PROFILE_NMI kernel config symbol

2007-08-06 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: The -rt patch includes the following update: Index: linux/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig === --- linux.orig/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig +++ linux/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig @@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ config OPROFILE

Re: Old -rt patches

2007-08-06 Thread John Sigler
John Sigler wrote: I wrote a Linux app where I need high-resolution timers. I went all the way and installed the -rt patch, which includes the -hrt patches, as far as I understand. Since I could not afford to change kernels with every new release, I decided to track the 2.6.20 branch

Re: System clock frequency offset changes drastically across reboots

2007-08-03 Thread John Sigler
[ Expanding recipients list to include NTP mailing list ] John Sigler wrote: I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. (But some ntpd users have reported the problem with mainline kernels and different versions.) I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed either by ntpd

Re: System clock frequency offset changes drastically across reboots

2007-08-03 Thread John Sigler
[ Expanding recipients list to include NTP mailing list ] John Sigler wrote: I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. (But some ntpd users have reported the problem with mainline kernels and different versions.) I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed either by ntpd

PROFILE_NMI kernel config symbol

2007-08-02 Thread John Sigler
Hello, The -rt patch includes the following update: Index: linux/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig === --- linux.orig/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig +++ linux/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig @@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ config OPROFILE If unsure,

Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'kthreadd' and 'init_waitqueue_head')

2007-08-02 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I'm trying to build a 2.6.22.1-rt9 kernel for a P3. I used 'make xconfig' to create .config http://linux.kernel.free.fr/latency/config-2.6.22.1-rt9-adlink I get the following warning: LD vmlinux SYSMAP System.map SYSMAP .tmp_System.map MODPOST vmlinux WARNING:

Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'kthreadd' and 'init_waitqueue_head')

2007-08-02 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I'm trying to build a 2.6.22.1-rt9 kernel for a P3. I used 'make xconfig' to create .config http://linux.kernel.free.fr/latency/config-2.6.22.1-rt9-adlink I get the following warning: LD vmlinux SYSMAP System.map SYSMAP .tmp_System.map MODPOST vmlinux WARNING:

PROFILE_NMI kernel config symbol

2007-08-02 Thread John Sigler
Hello, The -rt patch includes the following update: Index: linux/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig === --- linux.orig/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig +++ linux/arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig @@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ config OPROFILE If unsure,

Old -rt patches

2007-08-01 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I wrote a Linux app where I need high-resolution timers. I went all the way and installed the -rt patch, which includes the -hrt patches, as far as I understand. Since I could not afford to change kernels with every new release, I decided to track the 2.6.20 branch (arbitrarily).

Old -rt patches

2007-08-01 Thread John Sigler
Hello, I wrote a Linux app where I need high-resolution timers. I went all the way and installed the -rt patch, which includes the -hrt patches, as far as I understand. Since I could not afford to change kernels with every new release, I decided to track the 2.6.20 branch (arbitrarily).

Re: BIOS implementors disabling the LAPIC

2007-07-31 Thread John Sigler
Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: John Sigler wrote: As far as I understand, the Local APIC was integrated directly to the CPU 12-15 years ago. Why would a BIOS implementor choose to disable it? Because they are lazy/incapable/out-of-time/select-your-favourite-excuse. For the chip to work you have

BIOS implementors disabling the LAPIC

2007-07-31 Thread John Sigler
I have several systems here where Linux tells me: Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic" As far as I understand, the Local APIC was integrated directly to the CPU 12-15 years ago. Why would a BIOS implementor choose to disable it? (And what does it mean to "disable" the

BIOS implementors disabling the LAPIC

2007-07-31 Thread John Sigler
I have several systems here where Linux tells me: Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with lapic As far as I understand, the Local APIC was integrated directly to the CPU 12-15 years ago. Why would a BIOS implementor choose to disable it? (And what does it mean to disable the

Re: BIOS implementors disabling the LAPIC

2007-07-31 Thread John Sigler
Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: John Sigler wrote: As far as I understand, the Local APIC was integrated directly to the CPU 12-15 years ago. Why would a BIOS implementor choose to disable it? Because they are lazy/incapable/out-of-time/select-your-favourite-excuse. For the chip to work you have

Re: System clock frequency offset changes drastically across reboots

2007-07-30 Thread John Sigler
[ Expanding recipients list ] John Sigler wrote: I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. But some ntpd users have reported the problem with mainline kernels and different versions. I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed either by ntpd, or by hand) changes drastically

Re: System clock frequency offset changes drastically across reboots

2007-07-30 Thread John Sigler
[ Expanding recipients list ] John Sigler wrote: I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. But some ntpd users have reported the problem with mainline kernels and different versions. I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed either by ntpd, or by hand) changes drastically

System clock frequency offset changes drastically across reboots

2007-07-27 Thread John Sigler
Hello everyone, I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed either by ntpd, or by hand) changes drastically across reboots. By drastically, I mean +/- 60 ppm every time I reboot. Apparently this is caused by some imprecision in the

System clock frequency offset changes drastically across reboots

2007-07-27 Thread John Sigler
Hello everyone, I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed either by ntpd, or by hand) changes drastically across reboots. By drastically, I mean +/- 60 ppm every time I reboot. Apparently this is caused by some imprecision in the

Re: Pin-pointing the root of unusual application latencies

2007-07-26 Thread John Sigler
[ Adding linux-net to the mix ] John Sigler wrote: ( check_dektec_in-1095 |#0): new 271 us user-latency. ( check_dektec_in-1095 |#0): new 275 us user-latency. ( check_dektec_in-1095 |#0): new 290 us user-latency. ( check_dektec_in-1095 |#0): new 297 us user-latency. ( check_dektec_in-1095 |#0

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