Package: installation-reports Version: pre-rc2 Severity: important
(Could be submitted also for Package: kernel?)
Debian-installer-version: pre-rc2 (Sep 30, 2004) from cdimage.debian.org uname -a: Linux rakoczi 2.4.28 #1 Sun Dec 12 23:10:30 CET 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: Sun Nov 21 23:03:11 CET 2004 Method: sarge-i386-netinst.iso on CD, booting linux, linux26, expert, expert26
Machine: Home assembled PC with quite recent hardware Processor: AMD Athlon XP 1900+ stepping 02 Memory: 512MB Root Device: IDE: /dev/hdc3 Output of lspci -vv:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host
Bridge
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1404
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 8
Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00
[Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
Memory behind bridge: ec000000-edffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703
Gigabit Ethernet
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (16000ns min), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at ef000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III]
(rev 8b)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0106
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (750ns min, 2000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
Region 0: I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at ef012000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1404
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
Region 4: I/O ports at c400 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1404
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 21
Region 4: I/O ports at c800 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1404
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 21
Region 4: I/O ports at cc00 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) (prog-if
20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1404
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 19
Region 0: Memory at ef010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a
[Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1404
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
Region 4: I/O ports at d000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1404
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 22
Region 0: I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX
440 AGP 8x] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [E] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [E] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Loading tg3 module for intergrated onboard Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet controller causes total freeze of the system. I have to use the power button to get going again.
Originally, this was not an install problem; I used a working sarge installation (custom kernel 2.4.26) for months without problem. Since early November (some days after a Windows XP re-installation), all of a sudden, the system has started to freeze mysteriously at boot. I tracked
this down to the tg3 module. When the module is loaded, the system freezes immediately. I tried kernels with tg3 both compiled in and compiled as a module; when tg3 is compiled in, the kernel freezes during boot. I tried for custom kernels all 2.4.26, 2.4.27, 2.4.28 with the same result.
Then I tryed the pre-rc2 sarge-i386-netinst.iso from CD. I got the same freeze booting all linux, expert, linux26, expert26 at loading tg3 module (that is, for kernel 2.6 as well).
I tried also booting with kernel parameters noapic and nolapic, but it did not help, I got the same freeze.
There is no such problem at all under Windows XP with this NIC.
The IRQs in Linux depend on whether noapic/nolapic are used or not, with apic enabled they agree with the Windows IRQs.
The most frightening symptom is that instead of loading tg3, also $ cat /proc/bus/pci/00/06.0 and $ less /proc/bus/pci/00/06.0 freeze the system. (This is the slot of Broadcom BCM5703.)
There is many report out there concerning Broadcom BCM570x NICs anf tg3 driver, the most similar ones might be:
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0406.3/0085.html
and
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2004/10/msg00373.html
I have not tried the auxiliary bcm5700 driver yet.
Now, a temporary solution is pluging in an additional NIC which works correctly with via-rhine module. (See 00:0d.0 in lspci output, but this was not plugged in when the freeze problem started.)
-- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.28 Locale: LANG=hu_HU, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU
