On Fri, 02 May 2008 12:23:01 +0100 Richard <tuxbox.guru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Len Brown wrote: > > On Thursday 01 May 2008, Richard wrote: > > > >> Len Brown wrote: > >> > >>> On Tuesday 29 April 2008, Richard wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi there, > >>>> > >>>> Now I am at a loss.. I cant get any logs from netconsole. With ACPI > >>>> enabled it drops dead just after the kernel hands control to Init. When > >>>> I reboot with acpi disabled there is no trace of the previous boot in > >>>> /var/log/message or kernel logs. > >>>> > >>>> The network card I have is a Tigon3 and its not initialised before the > >>>> system dies... or so it looks (altho I cant seem to get any netconsole > >>>> working - I suspect pebkac) > >>>> > >>>> I have tried to find an option where the kernel boot is logged > >>>> explicitly to disk, but I cant seem to find the option. There is so much > >>>> chaff I cant seem to get my brain to find the REAL options list thats up > >>>> to date. > >>>> > >>>> Any pointers are appreciated > >>>> > >>>> > >>> go fishing with this bait: > >>> > >>> idle=poll > >>> acpi=noirq > >>> > >>> -Len > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Thanks :-) With help from Thomas (and his team) , noapictimer seems to > >> have fixed the symptom.. now its to hunt for the cure :-) > >> > > > > if the problem is the apic timer stopping during C-states, > > then you should find that idle=poll will also work around the problem. > > If idle=poll does not work around it but noapictimer does, then > > the problem is the apic timer when the system is non-idle. > > > > -Len > > > > > Hi Len, > > thanks - the idle=poll works to fix the problem. Well, that's hardly a "fix". The power consumption will be very high. -- 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
