Re: [Xen-devel] Linux 3.4 dom0 kernel error loading xen-acpi-processor: Input/output error

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:51:18PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 12:18:20AM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I don't seem to have _PCT on my Ivy Bridge i7 laptop.. 
> > > > 
> > > > > In your case then .. lets go back to the start - the driver failed 
> > > > > with -EIO
> > > > > and it was v3.4.x kernel? Now that I've figured out the regression 
> > > > > with v3.9
> > > > > I can take a look at this.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Ok.
> > > > 
> > > > So the problem for me with Linux 3.4.32 kernel is "modprobe 
> > > > xen-acpi-processor" fails:
> > > > initcall xen_acpi_processor_init+0x0/0x6b0 [xen_acpi_processor] 
> > > > returned with error code -5
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Great :-( On my box (SandyBridge i3 2100, MS-7680) it installs just fine. 
> > > This is
> > > v3.4.22 with 
> > > 
> > > cat linux-build/.config|grep PROCESSOR
> > > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
> > > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR=m
> > > CONFIG_XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
> > > 
> > 
> > I'm using:
> > 
> > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
> > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR=m
> > CONFIG_XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
> > 
> 
> Do you see _PCT on your SandyBridge i3 DSDT? 

No. I am actually not seeing a lot of them, but I am still seeing P-states?!

15:03:49 # 21 :/sys/firmware/acpi/tables/ 
> xenpm get-cpufreq-para 0
cpu id               : 0
affected_cpus        : 0
cpuinfo frequency    : max [3100000] min [1600000] cur [1600000]
scaling_driver       : acpi-cpufreq
scaling_avail_gov    : userspace performance powersave ondemand
current_governor     : ondemand
  ondemand specific  :
    sampling_rate    : max [10000000] min [10000] cur [20000]
    up_threshold     : 80
scaling_avail_freq   : 3100000 3000000 2900000 2800000 2700000 2600000 2500000 
2400000 2300000 2200000 2100000 2000000 1900000 1800000 1700000 *1600000
scaling frequency    : max [3100000] min [1600000] cur [1600000]

WTF!?

And also the C-states:
> xenpm get-cpuidle-states 0
Max possible C-state: C7

cpu id               : 0
total C-states       : 3
idle time(ms)        : 543153
C0                   : transition [               45047]
                       residency  [               11006 ms]
C1                   : transition [               14099]
                       residency  [               13076 ms]
C2                   : transition [               30948]
                       residency  [              527658 ms]
pc2                  : [               13698 ms]
pc3                  : [                   0 ms]
pc6                  : [              484534 ms]
pc7                  : [                   0 ms]
cc3                  : [                   0 ms]
cc6                  : [              525300 ms]
cc7                  : [                   0 ms]

I need to look back at my notes on how the _PCT, _PSS, _Pwhatevername
work.

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