Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:07:24 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: [049/197] x86, amd: Get multi-node CPU info from NodeId MSR instead of PCI config space |
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> > > 2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > > > > This patch is causing kernel panic on boot on Magny Cours CPU here > > (cpu family 16, model 9, stepping 1). > > > > Please see screenshot from the paniced kernel on > > > > http://www.jikos.cz/jikos/junk/screenshot.jpg > > > > (sorry for bad quality of this screenshot, it was captured only from the > > IPMI/HTTP console so far, I will try to grab something better tomorrow) > > > > Also this screenshot probably doesn't show the complete picture -- see the > > "end trace" marker on the very first line. I will try to have something > > better tomorrow, but maybe this rings bell for someone right away. > > This looks like a BIOS issue to me. Obviously this is a pre-production > test system where an old BIOS is installed. A BIOS update should fix > this issue for you.
I can confirm that on different Magny Cours system (16/9/1) with a newer BIOS, the NodeID is provided correctly via MSR, and the issue doesn't trigger.
Thanks,
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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