Yes, I have updated the bios and tried with hyperthreading disabled. Neither seemed to make a difference for this issue. I will go back and set the BIOS to default values and disable HT to test again just in case I missed doing so after the last bios update. If this changes things, I will definitely report back here.
Thanks for your response. ----- On Feb 13, 2018, at 10:06 AM, Sam Nicholson <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. Issue 727 seems to be what I initially thought you had here. (See > Intel errata: SKZ7/SKW144/SKL150/SKX150/SKZ7/KBL095/KBW095 ) > I suppose your BIOS might surface the problem differently. (I.e, you disable > XHCI, others disable Hyperthreading.) > For what it's worth, we're seeing problems like this on Windows 10 desktops, > across the Sky, Kaby, Coffee, GoJumpInThe- Lake family. > And they're causing *interesting* problems all over the place, mostly in the > network stack. The fix was issued by Intel > right before the Meltdown/Spectre brouhaha, so it might have been missed in > your > BIOS. Have you updated your BIOS? > Also, I didn't see on this email thread: Did you also disable Hyperthreading? > Does you BIOS allow? > On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 6:00 PM, < [ mailto:[email protected] | > [email protected] ] > wrote: >> Is this information somehow worth adding to the open issue, or does this just >> amount to "me too" ? >> [ https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues/727 | >> https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues/727 ] >> ----- On Feb 10, 2018, at 10:47 PM, Dewey [ mailto:[email protected] | >> [email protected] ] wrote: >> > With os_console set to ttya, following the procedure described here: >>> [ https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues/727#issuecomment-342868065 | >> > https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues/727#issuecomment-342868065 ] >> > I was able to get all the way to SmartOS Setup. I haven't attempted to do >> > the >> > actual installation yet, because this isn't the way I want to boot it every >> > time. >> > What I found, which differs from what YanChii noticed, is that I need >> > neither >> > disable-xhci=true nor moddebug to get this far. Typing this into the >> > debugger >> > is all that is needed for me: >> > ::bp -Dn 1 -c '.+0x95::bp -c "0>dx;::cont" ; ::cont' acpica`AcpiOsWritePort >> > :c >> > I am testing with: joyent_20180203T031130Z >> > Please let me know whether this helps, and how to proceed from here. >>> ----- On Feb 10, 2018, at 5:55 PM, Dewey [ mailto:[email protected] | >> > [email protected] ] wrote: >> >> There is, indeed (it also has ps2 ports, which I did not realize). I >> >> managed >> >> to find what appears to be the proper cabling to go from header to db9; >> >> now >> >> to find my old null modem stuff. >> >> Can you point me to the the docs I should start with, or is there >> >> something >> >> very specific you'd like me to try first? >>>> ----- On Feb 10, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Robert Mustacchi [ >>>> mailto:[email protected] | >> >> [email protected] ] wrote: >> >>> Is there a serial header that we can use for kmdb on that system? It may >> >>> be useful to try and use the module auto load / breakpoint system and/or >> >>> maybe disable the boot of other CPUs to try and debug. >> >>> Robert >> ------------------------------------------- >> smartos-discuss >> Archives: [ https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now | >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now ] >> RSS Feed: [ >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/29487083-1299c373 >> | https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/29487083-1299c373 ] >> Modify Your Subscription: [ https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; | >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; ] >> Powered by Listbox: [ http://www.listbox.com/ | http://www.listbox.com ] > smartos-discuss | [ https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now | > Archives ] [ > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25093932-a130f657 ] | [ > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > | Modify ] Your Subscription [ http://www.listbox.com/ | > ] ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
