Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:08:41 -0500 | From | Mark Hounschell <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: Can't boot a (HZ = 1000) kernel using an AMD Phenom-II processor |
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john stultz wrote: > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com> wrote: >> I upgraded from a Phenom to a Phenom-II processor and I could no longer boot. >> >> I have tried kernels from 2.6.26 through 2.6.28. >> >> I _can_ however boot these kernels when they are configured for HZ = 250. I >> haven't tried HZ = 300. But certainly if HZ = 1000 the boot hangs at the spot >> indicated below in the dmesg output. >> >> The machine is up and stable running 2.6.26.8 with a (HZ = 1000) configured kernel. >> >> While running a 2.6.26.8 kernel configured for HZ = 250: > [snip] >> vmalloc : 0xf4800000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 175 MB) >> lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xf4000000 ( 832 MB) >> .init : 0xc0373000 - 0xc03a9000 ( 216 kB) >> .data : 0xc02b5336 - 0xc036c6d0 ( 732 kB) >> .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc02b5336 (1748 kB) >> Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok. >> >> >> The 2.6.26.8 kernel hangs up right here. >> >> >> CPA: page pool initialized 1 of 1 pages preallocated >> SLUB: Genslabs=12, HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=4, Nodes=1 >> hpet clockevent registered >> calibrate_delay_direct() failed to get a good estimate for loops_per_jiffy. > > This looks suspect. Probably something is off with the timer > interrupt, that's causing the calibration to be way off. > > Does booting with hpet=disable change anything? > > thanks > -john
John,
I tried this with 2.6.26, 2.6.28, and 2.6.29-rc2. It didn't change anything.
thanks Mark
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