Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 May 2008 11:55:18 -0700 | From | mark gross <> | Subject | Re: intel-iommu: CONFIG_DMAR*=y kills my box |
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On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 07:56:10PM +0200, Gabriel C wrote: > mark gross wrote: > > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 07:43:01AM -0700, mark gross wrote: > >> On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 01:15:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > >>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:04:45 +0200 > >>> Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com> wrote: > >>>>> I think your bios is goofy / unprepared to support IOMMU / VT-d and > >>>>> doing strange things with enumerated a parallel port on a PCIE bus with > >>>>> VTD is turned on... > >>>> I will contact ASUS peoples about the BIOS but it has for sure VT-d support and it is enabled. > >>> So.. what happened here? It seems like a pretty fatal problem, and > >>> personally I don't think that contacting vendors about BIOS upgrades is a > >>> suitable general solution. It would be much better to find a kernel-based > >>> fix or workaround? > >>> > >> I just got some expert advice on this issue. I will try again and look > >> for a problem with the iommu code getting executed before the USB / PCI > >> bus is fully initialized. > >> > >> also, I just realized that I was attempting to reproduce the failure on > >> the MM tree, and re-reading the report I see its on the linux-next tree. > >> > >> I'm retesting it this am. > >> > > > > linux-next works fine on my system :( with intel-iommu on. > > > > root@mtgsdv1:~# lspci > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02) > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) > > 00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express MEI Controller (rev 02) > > 00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PT IDER Controller (rev 02) > > 00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express Serial KT Controller (rev 02) > > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) > > 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) > > 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) > > 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02) > > 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) > > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) > > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) > > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) > > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) > > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2910 (rev 02) > > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02) > > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) > > 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) > > > > Gabriel, > > > > The idea that perhaps something changed in the boot order, resulting in > > the DMAR initialization code getting executed before all of the PCI > > stuff is set up makes sense, but I don't have a good way of testing it > > at the moment. > > Mark , does the box you test on have any extra PCI/e/X cards ( like a extra graphics card , extra network card ) ? > On my box all extra PCI/e/X slots are empty I just use the onboard stuff at the moment.
its got a pcie e1000 down on the board and all slots empty > > Also when you boot do you have any USB stick , keyboard , etc device plugged in in that box ? > USB mouse and keyboard plugged in.
> >I'm going to try a few more config options (like building > > everything as modules instead of mostly built-ins) > > > > If it helps I can send you my config over. >
At least I'll be able to say I tried, so yes it will help me.
> In any way I'll try to build a kernel with all USB modular when I'm back home.
This is what I'm running :(
--mgross
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