Errors after AMD64 install but not with the 32bit install
Hello everyone!
I just did another Debian Lenny AMD64 install. However, it wasn't as smooth as the other installs. This time I have three errors that I am still trying to figure out. For what it is worth, when I install the 32bit version* I do not get these errors at all and all of the hardware works as it should.
*I downloaded the 64 and 32 bit versions at the same time and I did network installs so they should have a pretty similar package versions.
Problem #1
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.004000] Aperture pointing to e820 RAM. Ignoring.
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.004000] No AGP bridge found
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.004000] Your BIOS doesn't leave a aperture memory hole
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.004000] Please enable the IOMMU option in the BIOS setup
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.004000] This costs you 64 MB of RAM
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.004000] Mapping aperture over 65536 KB of RAM @ 4000000
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.004000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 0000000004000000 - 0000000008000000
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.004000] Memory: 4056728k/4718592k available (2226k kernel code, 136100k reserved, 1079k data, 392k init)
I have found several forums that, since I have PCI-Express and no agp, they recommend disabling AGP with "iommu=noagp" in the kernel boot list in grub. However, this doesn't seem to work. I still have these messages everytime I boot up. I have found no such IOMMU options in the BIOS and google searching for my system returns very little and nothing helpful.
Problem #2
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.252015] PCI: MCFG configuration 0: base f0000000 segment 0 buses 0 - 255
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.260976] PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at f0000000 is not reserved in ACPI motherboard resources
Nov 27 23:28:31 SK kernel: [ 0.261017] PCI: Not using MMCONFIG.
>From the google searches I did, it looks like this is harmless, but I just want to be sure. I think this is related to the first problem. Can anyone give me a bit more information?
Problem #3
$ lspci | grep Intel
04:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
$ cat /var/log/messages
[snip]
Nov 29 09:34:17 SK kernel: [ 249.993244] e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
Nov 29 09:34:17 SK kernel: [ 249.993244] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475565] Tx Queue <0>
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475566] TDH <8>
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475567] TDT <8>
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475568] next_to_use <8>
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475569] next_to_clean <0>
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475570] buffer_info[next_to_clean]
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475570] time_stamp <ffffc1d7>
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475571] next_to_watch <0>
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475572] jiffies <ffffc43d>
Nov 29 09:34:19 SK kernel: [ 252.475573] next_to_watch.status <0>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481301] Tx Queue <0>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481302] TDH <8>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481303] TDT <8>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481304] next_to_use <8>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481305] next_to_clean <0>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481305] buffer_info[next_to_clean]
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481306] time_stamp <ffffc1d7>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481307] next_to_watch <0>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481308] jiffies <ffffc631>
Nov 29 09:34:21 SK kernel: [ 254.481309] next_to_watch.status <0>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709472] Tx Queue <0>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709473] TDH <8>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709474] TDT <8>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709475] next_to_use <8>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709475] next_to_clean <0>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709476] buffer_info[next_to_clean]
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709477] time_stamp <ffffc1d7>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709478] next_to_watch <0>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709479] jiffies <ffffc825>
Nov 29 09:34:23 SK kernel: [ 256.709480] next_to_watch.status <0>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716503] Tx Queue <0>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716504] TDH <8>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716504] TDT <8>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716505] next_to_use <8>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716506] next_to_clean <0>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716507] buffer_info[next_to_clean]
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716508] time_stamp <ffffc1d7>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716508] next_to_watch <0>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716509] jiffies <ffffca19>
Nov 29 09:34:25 SK kernel: [ 258.716510] next_to_watch.status <0>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871565] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871652] Tx Queue <0>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871653] TDH <8>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871654] TDT <8>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871655] next_to_use <8>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871656] next_to_clean <0>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871657] buffer_info[next_to_clean]
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871658] time_stamp <ffffc1d7>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871659] next_to_watch <0>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871659] jiffies <ffffcc0d>
Nov 29 09:34:27 SK kernel: [ 260.871660] next_to_watch.status <0>
This hardware works flawlessly under 32bit. I get no errors and I have had no problems at all. I have two network cards, this 10/100/1000 and a 10/100; they are both set for DHCP. If I boot up with a network cable in the 10/100/1000 card, I get a bunch of error messages on boot and after I log in I get a message saying that Debian has just recovered from a kernel panic and to send the results to kernelopps.org (I did this once). If I reboot and remove the network cable it boots just fine. Regardless of how I booted, it never grabs a DHCP request in 64 bit mode and I get the errors posted above. If I assign an IP, I still get these errors. Again this works perfect in 32bit mode; no problems at all.
I have not found satisfactory answers in my Google searches so I am asking this list, can anyone help me resolve these issues?
Thank you! I appreciate it!
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