Re: [Xen-users] asus P5B Delux not booting xen (ACPI problem?)

["Chris Fanning" <christopher.fanning@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, the news isn't so good.
This morning I booted the machine and it froze with
ACPI Exeption (acpi_processor_o681) :AE_NOT_FOUND, Processor Device is
not present [20060707]
ACPI Getting cpuindex for acpi 0x3

grr.

I hit the reset button and it gets a little further and fails at:
ata1: SATA link up 3,0 Gpb (SStatus 123 Scontrol 200)
ata1: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata1: failed to identify (I/0 error, err_mask = 0x0104)
ata1: port is slow to resond, please be patient
ata1: failes to respond (30 secs)
ata1: COMRESET failed, device not ready
ata1: hardreset failded

Exactly the same as it did with the xen3.1 I compiled by hand.

So, the 2.6.18-4 kernel that comes with the debian xen package hasn't
solved the issue.

> > It's a common problem with Xen that it doesn't support new hardware (e.g.,
> > 965 boards) very well.  This is because Xen is based on older vanilla kernel
> > versions and 965 support requires a >2.6.19 vanilla kernel or else
> > distro-specific drivers.
Perhaps I should put this machine back in its box and wait for the
next xen version? :)

Chris.

On 6/21/07, Peter Braun <xenware@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I got working Xen 3.1 @ Debian Etch following the howtoforge tutorial
> on P5B Deluxe and was not facing such problem. Latest Bios - 6GB RAM -
> memory remaping enabled.
>
> Do you use 32bit or 64bit?
>
> In 32bit PAE w/o any problem - running both PV and FV guests.
> Everything works fine.
> In 64bit am still facing some slowdown - this problem is heavy
> discussed on internet. Looks like its problem by design of the i965.
> This slowdown only occures when more than 2GB is installed and trying
> to run under 64bit.
>
> XenExpress is running w/o problem - easy install and HVM W2k3 server
> guests are blazing fast because of PV drivers included.
>
> According to the info of Steve Brueckner:
>
> I have to disagree with you statement about Xen and i965 based motherboards.
>
> Am running rock stable Gentoo 32bit Xen 3.04 with 2.6.16 server based
> on Intel 965 motherboard. No stability nor speed isuess. Custom made
> dom0 kernel. SW raid, LVM, SATA is running in AHCI. Only problem was
> installation when I had to use CD-ROM connected via USB - minor
> problem for me. From the install there is no need for CD-ROM
>
> I am planning next with Xen 3.1 and question is which chipset. Intel
> 965 is facing problems with 4GB and more RAM under 64bit OS in booth
> Linux and Windows. I dont have tested i3000 based server motherboard
> yet and in question comes also brand new P35 chipset. Does anybody
> have some experience with them?
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> 2007/6/21, Steve Brueckner <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > It's a common problem with Xen that it doesn't support new hardware (e.g.,
> > 965 boards) very well.  This is because Xen is based on older vanilla kernel
> > versions and 965 support requires a >2.6.19 vanilla kernel or else
> > distro-specific drivers.  Furthermore, there is no easy way to upgrade the
> > Xen kernels.  I had the same problem as you, although I use Fedora instead
> > of Debian.  It's great that you're able to solve your problem using an older
> > version of Xen incorporated in Debian's packages.
> >
> > I'm just commenting in this thread to make some noise about the problem.
> > I'm hoping Xen will release a 3.1 version with a newer kernel, or else make
> > it easier for users to upgrade their own kernels.
> >
> > Steve Brueckner, ATC-NY
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Fanning [mailto:christopher.fanning@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:24 AM
> > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Xen-users] asus P5B Delux not booting xen (ACPI problem?)
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm going crazy trying to get Xen running on an ASUS P5B Delux (latest BIOS
> > installed).
> >
> > I've tried xen-3.0.4 and xen-3.1.0 (both compiled from source)
> >
> > The boot process stalls with
> > ACP: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (low level) -> IRQ 18
> > ahci: 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 6 ports ? Gbps 0x3f impl SATA
> > mode
> > ahci: 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ilck stag led pmp pio
> > ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE102E900 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 18
> > ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE102E980 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 18
> > ata1: port is slow to resond, please be patient
> > ata1: failes to respond (30 secs)
> > scsi0 :ahci
> > ata2: port is slow to resond, please be patient
> > ata2: failes to respond (30 secs)
> >
> > booting xen-3.1.0 adds some more info to the failure:
> > ata1: SATA link up 3,0 Gpb (SStatus 123 Scontrol 200)
> > ata1: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
> > ata1: failed to identify (I/0 error, err_mask = 0x0104)
> > ata1: port is slow to resond, please be patient
> > ata1: failes to respond (30 secs)
> > ata1: COMRESET failed, device not ready
> > ata1: hardreset failded
> >
> > But this doesn't always happen. 50% of the time, the process stalls for
> > about 6 secs on
> > ACP: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (low level) -> IRQ 18 And then
> > continues correctly.
> >
> > I've tried passing acpi=off to the kernel but this results in ExtINT not
> > setpup in hardware but reported by MP table.
> >
> > When I boot this machine with vanilla debian etch, there are no problems.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > Thanks.
> > Chris.
> >
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