2.6.15-13-amd64-k8 praise and issues

Anthony Durity home at sahos.org
Sun Jan 22 21:31:57 UTC 2006


Hello there,

    First off - great work. Thanks for the shiny new kernel in Dapper.

    If you could possibly grab the rt2570 USB nightly CVS tarball rather
than the Latest BETA rt2570 driver that would be great. The CVS has a
couple of nice fixes and has zero code churn so you can trust it. All
their work is being concentrated elsewhere (rt2x00) so you can snag this
without a worry. Specifically strength reports x/100 rather than 0.
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Downloads

    A couple of amd-64 config things. CONFIG_X86_MCE_INTEL is set to y,
should be n? CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT is set to 14, should be 16 - kernel
config help says 14 is i386, 16 is x86_64. dmesg is truncated at the
beginning otherwise and this is quite annoying.

    The new experimental bcm43xx won't even report an access point
FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF let alone connect and hangs my laptop on rmmod. My
chip is a BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g].

    My machine won't boot this kernel unless I boot with noapic. Of
course I lose my apic and I do so love my apic. I have had this issue so
many times with so many machines that I think maybe you should have this
as standard across the board, live CD, install CD, you name it. I think
other distros do this. Is there an absolute reason we cannot?

    Another way to get around the non-booting unhappiness is (on my
compaq r4218ea) to pass acpi=debug or acpi=strict. When I do this
however I get
[   80.275360] APIC error on CPU0: 00(40)
[  133.578525] APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
in my dmesg output. I have done an amount of Googling and cannot figure
out what it is. Any suggestions?

    I have attached my hardware info. I have no idea what the unknown
devices in lspci are, probably nothing.

Thanks all and respect!
    Anthony
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0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f
0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a36
0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 10)
0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI
0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
0000:03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
0000:03:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
0000:03:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
0000:03:04.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
0000:03:04.4 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller
0000:03:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
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           CPU0       
  0:    6565604    IO-APIC-edge  timer
  1:      11680    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
  8:          0    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
 12:        124    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
 14:      27373    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
 15:      58123    IO-APIC-edge  ide1
 50:          0   IO-APIC-level  eth0
177:       3170   IO-APIC-level  acpi
185:          4   IO-APIC-level  yenta, ohci1394
209:          2   IO-APIC-level  ATI IXP Modem, ATI IXP
217:     822949   IO-APIC-level  ohci_hcd:usb1, ohci_hcd:usb2
233:          0   IO-APIC-level  sdhci:slot0, sdhci:slot1, sdhci:slot2
NMI:        615 
LOC:    6564109 
ERR:         34
MIS:          0
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kompi
    description: Notebook
    product: Presario R4100 (EK866EA#ABU)
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    version: F.1B
    serial: CND53900LT
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31
    configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=7368B21D-24AE-11DA-92F8-000FB0787BEC
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 3085
       vendor: Hewlett-Packard
       physical id: 0
       version: 42.3B
       serial: CND53900LT
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Hewlett-Packard
          physical id: 0
          version: F.1B (10/11/2005)
          size: 102KB
          capacity: 448KB
          capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect int5printscreen int9keyboard int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot smartbattery
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu at 0
          version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64
          slot: U23
          size: 1GHz
          capacity: 2GHz
          width: 64 bits
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cpufreq
        *-cache
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 5
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 512KB
             capacity: 1MB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: c
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 512MB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
             physical id: 0
             slot: JP11
             size: 256MB
             width: 64 bits
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
             physical id: 1
             slot: JP30
             size: 256MB
             width: 64 bits
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: RS480 Host Bridge
          vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci at 00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: ATI Technologies Inc
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci at 00:01.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
                vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
                physical id: 5
                bus info: pci at 01:05.0
                version: 00
                size: 256MB
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: vga bus_master cap_list
                resources: iomemory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:9000-90ff iomemory:b0100000-b010ffff irq:10
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: ATI Technologies Inc
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 4
             bus info: pci at 00:04.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 13
             bus info: pci at 00:13.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd
             resources: iomemory:b0000000-b0000fff irq:217
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 13.1
             bus info: pci at 00:13.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd
             resources: iomemory:b0001000-b0001fff irq:217
        *-usb:2 UNCLAIMED
             description: USB Controller
             product: IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 13.2
             bus info: pci at 00:13.2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ehci cap_list
             resources: iomemory:b0002000-b0002fff irq:11
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci at 00:14.0
             version: 10
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: cap_list
             resources: ioport:8400-840f iomemory:b0003000-b00033ff
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.1
             bus info: pci at 00:14.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ATIIXP_IDE
             resources: ioport:8410-841f irq:225
           *-ide:0
                description: IDE Channel 0
                physical id: 0
                bus info: ide at 0
                logical name: ide0
                clock: 66MHz
              *-disk
                   description: ATA Disk
                   product: IC25N060ATMR04-0
                   vendor: Hitachi
                   physical id: 0
                   bus info: ide at 0.0
                   logical name: /dev/hda
                   version: MO3OAD5A
                   serial: MRG31YKKH98EMH
                   size: 55GB
                   capacity: 55GB
                   capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm apm partitioned partitioned:dos
                   configuration: apm=off mode=udma5 smart=on
                 *-volume:0
                      description: Linux filesystem partition
                      physical id: 1
                      bus info: ide at 0.0,1
                      logical name: /dev/hda1
                      capacity: 6675MB
                      capabilities: primary bootable
                 *-volume:1
                      description: Extended partition
                      physical id: 2
                      bus info: ide at 0.0,2
                      logical name: /dev/hda2
                      capacity: 49GB
                      capabilities: extended partitioned partitioned:extended
           *-ide:1
                description: IDE Channel 1
                physical id: 1
                bus info: ide at 1
                logical name: ide1
                clock: 66MHz
              *-cdrom
                   description: DVD writer
                   product: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GCA-4080N
                   physical id: 0
                   bus info: ide at 1.0
                   logical name: /dev/hdc
                   version: 0C35
                   serial: K0157LL1823
                   capabilities: packet atapi cdrom removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy pm audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
                 *-disc
                      physical id: 0
                      logical name: /dev/hdc
        *-isa UNCLAIMED
             description: ISA bridge
             product: IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.3
             bus info: pci at 00:14.3
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.4
             bus info: pci at 00:14.4
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master
           *-firewire
                description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
                product: TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci at 03:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=ohci1394
                resources: iomemory:b0208000-b02087ff iomemory:b0200000-b0203fff irq:185
           *-network:0 UNCLAIMED
                description: Network controller
                product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 2
                bus info: pci at 03:02.0
                version: 02
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master
                resources: iomemory:b0204000-b0205fff irq:10
           *-pcmcia
                description: CardBus bridge
                product: PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 4
                bus info: pci at 03:04.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus
                resources: iomemory:b0209000-b0209fff irq:185
           *-storage UNCLAIMED
                description: Mass storage controller
                product: PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 4.3
                bus info: pci at 03:04.3
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: storage bus_master cap_list
                resources: iomemory:b0206000-b0207fff irq:10
           *-system
                description: Generic system peripheral
                product: PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 4.4
                bus info: pci at 03:04.4
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=sdhci
                resources: iomemory:b020a000-b020a0ff iomemory:b0208c00-b0208cff iomemory:b0208800-b02088ff irq:233
           *-network:1
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 6
                bus info: pci at 03:06.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 10
                serial: 00:0f:b0:78:7b:ec
                size: 10MB/s
                capacity: 100MB/s
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegociation
                configuration: autonegociation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.27 duplex=half link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
                resources: ioport:a000-a0ff iomemory:b020a400-b020a4ff irq:50
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.5
             bus info: pci at 00:14.5
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ATI IXP AC97 controller
             resources: iomemory:b0003400-b00034ff irq:209
        *-communication
             description: Modem
             product: ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.6
             bus info: pci at 00:14.6
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: generic bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ATI IXP MC97 controller
             resources: iomemory:b0003800-b00038ff irq:209
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci at 00:18.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci at 00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci at 00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci at 00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
  *-battery
       physical id: 1
       slot: Left Front
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: rausb0
       serial: 00:11:95:89:2a:0c
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.0.100 multicast=yes wireless=RT2500USB WLAN


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