[Adding linux-kernel to the cc list, hoping for wider exposure.] On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:08:17 -0500 Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We're trying to track down the source of a problem that occurs > whenever the atl1 network driver is activated on a 32-bit 2.6.21-rc4 and -rc5, -rc6, 2.6.20.x, 2.6.19.3, and probably others. > We can load the driver just fine, but whenever we activate the > network, we see APIC errors (a sample of them are shown here, > captured from a serial console): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# [ 93.942012] process `sysctl' is using deprecated > sysctl (sysc. > [ 94.396609] atl1: eth0 link is up 1000 Mbps full duplex > [ 94.498887] APIC error on CPU0: 00(08) > [ 94.498534] APIC error on CPU1: 00(08) > [ 94.550079] APIC error on CPU0: 08(08) > [ 94.549725] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [ 94.600915] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [ 94.601276] APIC error on CPU0: 08(08) > [ 94.652108] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [ 94.652470] APIC error on CPU0: 08(08) > [ 94.703659] APIC error on CPU0: 08(08) > [ 94.703305] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [ 94.754852] APIC error on CPU0: 08(40) > [ 94.806045] APIC error on CPU0: 40(08) > [ 94.805692] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [ 94.857238] APIC error on CPU0: 08(08) > [ 94.856884] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [ 94.908432] APIC error on CPU0: 08(08) > [ 94.908078] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [snip, more of the same] > [ 98.901156] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [ 98.952702] APIC error on CPU0: 08(08) > [ 98.952349] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > [ 99.003895] APIC error on CPU0: 08(08) > [ 99.003542] APIC error on CPU1: 08(08) > > The machine hangs for about 5-10 seconds, then spontaneously reboots > without further console output. I can prompt an oops by pinging my router while the apic errors are scrolling by. > > This is an Asus M2V (Via K8T890) motherboard. > > The problem does not occur on a 32-bit kernel if we boot with > pci=nomsi, and it doesn't occur at all on a 64-bit kernel on the same > motherboard. > > We also do not see this problem on Intel-based motherboards, with > either 32- or 64-bit kernels. A full raft of documentation -- including acpidump and linux-firmware-kit output, console capture, kernel config, lspci -vvxxx (with apic=debug boot option), dmesg, and /proc/interrupts -- is available at http://www.hogchain.net/m2v/apic-problem/ If this is a motherboard problem, that's fine; I'd just like to know the details so I tell users something more than "it's a motherboard problem." Thanks, Jay - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
