On Nov 21, 2007 8:22 PM, Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 21 November 2007 01:18, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:41:23 +0530 Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > SMP alternatives: switching to UP code > > > ACPI: Core revision 20070126 > > > ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC > > did previous kernels print this too? Not since my last BIOS upgrade. This is from what dmesg's I still had laying around: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1: No 2.6.23-rc1-mm1, 2.6.23-rc2-mm1, 2.6.23-rc3-mm1: Yes 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 after BIOS upgrade: No 2.6.23-rc4-mm1...2.6.24-rc2-mm1: No > > > Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter > > > > ACPI or x86 breakage, I guess. > > If you suspect ACPI breakage, then try "acpi=off" or "acpi=noirq". ACPI doesn't look guilty. acpi=noirq: [ 39.905884] Freeing SMP alternatives: 28k freed [ 39.910674] ACPI: Core revision 20070126 [ 39.916542] ACPI: setting ELCR to 0e20 (from 0c20) [ 39.921855] ExtINT not setup in hardware but reported by MP table [ 39.928244] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC [ 39.934586] Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter [ 39.934587] acpi=off: [ 0.000000] Freeing SMP alternatives: 28k freed [ 0.000000] ExtINT not setup in hardware but reported by MP table [ 0.000000] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC [ 0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter [ 0.000000] Torsten - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
