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SubjectRe: [Bug 43331] Re: Bug on bootup of Linux kernel on Panasonic Toughbook S10
On testing with the current kernel, running without the noapic seems to be
working, so it might be OK. I will try it for a while and see if I get random
crashes.


On Fri, 1 Jun 2012, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Bill Unruh <unruh@physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
>> I am running Mageia 2 kernel 3.3.6-desktop586-2.mga2
>>
>> Every time I boot up I get the error messages
>> pci 0000:00:04.0: BAR 0: error updating (0xdfa00004 != 0xfed98004)
>
> Thanks very much for this report. I opened this bug report to help me
> keep track of it: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43331
>
> The message means that we tried to write address 0xdfa00000 to BAR 0
> of device 00:04.0 (a "signal processing controller," whatever that
> is), but when we read the BAR back, we read 0xfed98004 instead.
> That's an interesting address because it looks a lot like a resource
> of an ACPI PNP0c02 device:
>
> system 00:0e: [mem 0xfed98000-0xfed9ffff] has been reserved
> system 00:0e: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
>
> You say your machine runs OK (with "noapic"), but I'm doubtful that
> 00:04.0 is working -- it doesn't even seem to have a driver bound to
> it. I don't know what the device does, but if you're not using it,
> it's not surprising that you wouldn't notice it being broken.
>
> Can you attach the complete dmesg log to the bugzilla? It will have
> more details about other devices and the ranges from which we allocate
> resources for PCI devices.
>
> You mention that the machine is not reliable unless you use "noapic".
> That sounds like a separate bug, but also something it would be good
> to track down.
>

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