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Message-Id: <200710102005.02184.spaceman__spiff@cox.net>
Date:	Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:05:01 -0700
From:	Kevin <spaceman__spiff@....net>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>,
	Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>, stable@...nel.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, BDFL <volkerdi@...ckware.com>
Subject: Re: ARPM shutdown oops (Re: [stable] [patch 09/12] Fix SMP poweroff hangs)

On Wednesday 10 October 2007 07:57:52 am you wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Kevin wrote:
> > I don't own a digital camera but I did jot the info down by hand.
>
> Heh, yeah, that's what I used to do too (and still do if a camera isn't
> handy).
>
> > Call Trace:
> > [<c010e852>] apm_bios_call_simple+0x92/0x110
> > [<c0285a0>] acpi_hw_clear_gpe_block+00/0x32
> > [<c010e8ec>] set_system_power_state+0x1c/0x30
> > [<c010f93a>] apm_system_power_off+0x6a/0x80
> > [<c010f8d0>] apm_system_power_off+0x0/0x80
> > [<c010e434>] native_machine_power_off+0x14/0x20
> > [<c010e406>] machine_power_off+0x6/0x10
> > [<c0127cb9>] sys_reboot+0x99/0x140
> >...
> > Code: Bad EIP Value
> > EIP: [<00007825>] 0x7825 SS:ESP 0068:e7305de8
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.0: Line 261: 2796 Segmentation Fault   /sbin/poweroff
>
> Ahh. APM. That does explain the strange EIP register values: we're jumping
> into the BIOS, and the BIOS is doing something unexpected.
>
> However, that doesn't really explain the oops, because I don't think
> anything changed in APM from 2.6.22->23, and in particular, I don't think
> it has anything to do with the thing that caused problems for PPC.
>
> We did have some APM *detection* changes, and maybe APM wasn't even
> detected for you before, or it was detected differently. That would be due
> to the bootup changes, I'm Cc'ing Peter Anvin (and the kernel mailing
> list, in case somebody else see a pattern to this).
>
> Can you please
>  - try with APM turned off (APM really shouldn't be useful on any machines
>    built in the last ten years or so), just to verify that things work
>    without APM.

That fixed the problem.  

>  - send the bootup "dmesg" output and a machine description (and please
>    keep people Cc'd - sending things just to me is a sure-fire way to get
>    things dropped eventually, if only because I'm a lazy clutz).

Both "dmesg" (before and after the fix) are attached.  Also, here is the 
machine specs:

Gigabyte Main Board
Name	GA-K8NSC -939
Type / Chipset	Socket 939 / nVidia nForce3 250 Gb Chipset
Dimensions 	+++ 35 mm (58 mm radius) around the socket to the next capacitor 
or other parts of the
mainboard - for further information see Fit for Fan.
The overall size is 305 x 245mm.
Slots	+++ 5x pci, 1x AGP (1.5V 4x/8x), 4x DDR PC2100 - PC3200 (max. 4GB RAM)
Connectors	
+++ 1x Floppy, 4x UDMA133, 2x SATA150, 2x seriell, 1x parallel, 2x PS/2,
onBoard 10/100/1000 Mbps base-T Ethernet LAN (Marvell 8001),
8x USB 2.0/1.1 (4x internal but mounting bracket isn't included),
8-Channel AC'97 RealTek ALC850 onboard (1x int. CD in, 1x int. S/PDIF, ext. 
Line in, ext. Mic, ext. Line out, int. optional connector for 8-Channel Audio 
Combo Kit, not included)
and 3x fan connectors (1x used for chipset fan).
Vcore	++++ BIOS between 0.80 Volt and 1.7 Volt in steps of 0.025 and 0.05 
Volt / Jumper not available
Multiplier	++++ BIOS between 4x and 25x (max multi depends on used CPU) / 
Jumper not available
FSB	++++ BIOS between 200 and 455 MHz (AGP 66 - 100 MHz) / Jumper not 
available
VIO/VDD	++++ VDDR +0.1 - +0.2 / VAGP +0.1 - +0.3 / V HT-Link +0.1 - +0.3 



Home page:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=1881


BIOS upgrade (F8)
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=1881





Also lspci -v

root@...ters:/home/kevin# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
        Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 0c11
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 0c11
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at e400 [size=32]
        I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) 
(prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
        Memory at fd003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) 
(prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
        Memory at fd004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller 
(rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
        Memory at fd005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [44] Debug port
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 
Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device a002
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
        I/O ports at bc00 [size=256]
        I/O ports at c000 [size=128]
        Memory at fd001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) 
(rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5002
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=1]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=1]
        I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) 
(rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device b002
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=16]
        I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge 
(rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 16
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=10
        Memory behind bridge: f8000000-faffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f6000000-f7ffffff

00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 
a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=128
        I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
        Memory behind bridge: fb000000-fcffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 88000000-880fffff

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Address Map
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM 
Controller
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Miscellaneous Control
        Flags: fast devsel

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP (rev 01) 
(prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G550 Dual Head DDR 32Mb
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at f8020000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [f0] AGP version 2.0

02:06.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 4
        I/O ports at a000 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

02:06.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at a400 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

02:06.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if 20 
[EHCI])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) Unknown device 1234
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 3
        Memory at fc004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

02:07.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast 
Decoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Avermedia Technologies Inc AVerMedia DVD EZMaker
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        Memory at fc005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1

02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit 
Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet 
Controller (Gigabyte)
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 88000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data

root@...ters:/home/kevin#
 


>  - what was the last kernel that worked (and if you can bisect the
>    problem, that would likely help enormously)


The last kernel I used was 6.2.22 the "dmesg" the file is attached:

dmesg 2.6.22 line 158 >  apm: overridden by ACPI.

dmesg, APM on, has no line > apm: overridden by ACPI.

Also, a diff -u file is enclosed in case it might help.


> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 		Linus

Hope this helps


Kevin

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