Re: Fwd: Bug#305238: Installation report: AMD AThlonXP 1800+ / Abit KR7A-RAID133 (with Highpoint Raid controller)
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 07:23:44PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>
>>This installation report has not yet had a reply. As most of the issues
>>seem amd64 kernel related, could someone from the AMD64 team please
>>answer this report?
>
>
> Athlon XP = k7 = i386. Athlon 64 = k8 = amd64. This system can't even
> run amd64 and certainly wouldn't use an amd64 kernel.
Very true, it would be classified as an i386. I do hope to get a
mobo/cpu that'll use an AMD64 kernel. :)
> It is just a
> plain simple i386 system (although a nice one).
Thanks for the compliment :)
As a follow up, I wiped the gentoo from my system and put on debian
unstable. EVERYTHING went well, AFTER I disabled the highpoint driver...
Edward J. Shornock
>
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>>
>>Subject: Bug#305238: Installation report: AMD AThlonXP 1800+ / Abit
>>KR7A-RAID133 (with Highpoint Raid controller)
>>Date: Monday 18 April 2005 22:34
>>From: "Edward J. Shornock" <debian-ml@crazeecanuck.homelinux.net>
>>To: submit@bugs.debian.org
>>
>>Package: installation-reports
>>
>>Debian-installer-version:
>>http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc3/sarge-i3
>>86-netinst.iso downloaded on 2005-04-17
>>uname -a: Linux athlonxp 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 #1 Sun Apr 17 20:27:25 EDT
>>2005 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux Athlon(tm) XP
>>1800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>>Date: 2005-04-17 @ 21:00 (approx)
>>How did you install? Network Install (did not proceed with
>> installation) What did you install? Sarge
>> What did you boot off? sarge-i386-netinst.iso dated 2005-03-25
>>
>>
>>Machine: Abit KR7A-RAID133, VIA Chipset (hand-built machine),
>>motherboard webpage at
>>http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=87
>>
>>Processor: AthlonXP 1800+
>>Memory:1024MB PC2100 DDR
>>Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda
>>Root Size/partition table: not applicable
>>Output of lspci and lspci -n:
>>lspci output:
>> $ lspci
>>0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
>>KT266/A/333]
>>0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo
>>KT266/A/333 AGP]
>>0000:00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX
>>[Linksys EtherFast 10/100] (rev 25)
>>0000:00:0b.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems (former Lucent
>>Microelectronics) 56k WinModem (rev 01)
>>0000:00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24
>>[CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
>>0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
>>0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
>>VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
>>0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
>>1.1 Controller (rev 23)
>>0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
>>1.1 Controller (rev 23)
>>0000:00:13.0 RAID bus controller: Triones Technologies, Inc.
>>HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 05)
>>0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon
>>RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]
>>
>>$ lspci -n
>>0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:3099
>>0000:00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:b099
>>0000:00:08.0 Class 0200: 11ad:c115 (rev 25)
>>0000:00:0b.0 Class 0780: 11c1:0441 (rev 01)
>>0000:00:0f.0 Class 0401: 1013:6003 (rev 01)
>>0000:00:11.0 Class 0601: 1106:3147
>>0000:00:11.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
>>0000:00:11.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 23)
>>0000:00:11.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 23)
>>0000:00:13.0 Class 0104: 1103:0004 (rev 05)
>>0000:01:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:5157
>>
>>
>>Base System Installation Checklist:
>>[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>>
>>Initial boot worked: [O]
>>Configure network HW: [O]
>>Config network: [O]
>>Detect CD: [E and O]
>>Load installer modules: [O]
>>Detect hard drives: [E and O]
>>Partition hard drives: [ ]
>>Create file systems: [ ]
>>Mount partitions: [O]
>>Install base system: [ ]
>>Install boot loader: [ ]
>>Reboot: [O]
>>
>>Comments/Problems:
>>
>>When booting off if the CD without any special parameters, the CD
>>detection process will hang for all eternity at the "IDE-generic"
>>module, with the following in `dmesg` output:
>>
>>HPT372: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:13.0
>>ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:13.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
>>HPT372: chipset revision 5
>>HPT37X: using 33MHz PCI clock
>>HPT372: 100% native mode on irq 10
>> ide2: BM-DMA at 0xc800-0xc807, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA
>> ide3: BM-DMA at 0xc808-0xc80f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
>>hde: MAXTOR 6L080L4, ATA DISK drive
>>hdf: MAXTOR 6L080J4, ATA DISK drive
>>ide2 at 0xb800-0xb807,0xbc02 on irq 10
>>hde: max request size: 128KiB
>>hde: 156355584 sectors (80054 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63,
>>UDMA(133)
>> /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0:<4>hde: dma_timer_expiry: dma status
>>== 0x65
>>hde: DMA interrupt recovery
>>hde: lost interrupt
>> p1 p2 <<4>hde: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x65
>>hde: DMA interrupt recovery
>>hde: lost interrupt
>>
>>hdf: max request size: 128KiB
>>hdf: 156355584 sectors (80054 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63,
>>UDMA(133)
>> /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target1/lun0:<4>hdf: dma_timer_expiry: dma status
>>== 0x65
>>hdf: DMA interrupt recovery
>>hdf: lost interrupt
>> p1
>>
>>
>>Apparently, this PC does NOT like DMA enabled when one tries to load the
>>hpt366 driver.
>>
>>This PC currently has Gentoo installed on it. It is able to
>>successfully boot with the following options in /boot/grub/menu.lst:
>>title Gentoo GNU/Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 (multiuser)
>>root (hd0,2)
>>kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 ide=nodma
>>savedefault
>>
>>After the Highpoint (hpt366) driver is loaded, I can turn DMA on for all
>>of my IDE devices and everything operates normally.
>># hdparm /dev/hd{a,c,d,e,f}
>>
>>/dev/hda:
>> multcount = 16 (on)
>> IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
>> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
>> using_dma = 1 (on)
>> keepsettings = 0 (off)
>> readonly = 0 (off)
>> readahead = 256 (on)
>> geometry = 24792/255/63, sectors = 203928109056, start = 0
>>
>>/dev/hdc:
>> HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument
>> IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
>> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
>> using_dma = 1 (on)
>> keepsettings = 0 (off)
>> readonly = 0 (off)
>> readahead = 256 (on)
>> HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument
>>
>>/dev/hdd:
>> HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument
>> IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
>> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
>> using_dma = 1 (on)
>> keepsettings = 0 (off)
>> readonly = 0 (off)
>> readahead = 256 (on)
>> HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument
>>
>>/dev/hde:
>> multcount = 16 (on)
>> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
>> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
>> using_dma = 1 (on)
>> keepsettings = 0 (off)
>> readonly = 0 (off)
>> readahead = 256 (on)
>> geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 80054059008, start = 0
>>
>>/dev/hdf:
>> multcount = 16 (on)
>> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
>> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
>> using_dma = 1 (on)
>> keepsettings = 0 (off)
>> readonly = 0 (off)
>> readahead = 256 (on)
>> geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 80054059008, start = 0
>>
>>
>># dmesg |grep ide
>>BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
>>Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 ide=nodma gentoo=udev
>>ide_setup: ide=nodma : Prevented DMA
>>CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff c1cbfbff 00000000 00000000
>>00000000 00000000 00000000
>>CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff c1cbfbff 00000000 00000000
>>00000000 00000000 00000000
>>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
>> idebus=xx ide0: BM-DMA at 0xac00-0xac07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
>> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xac08-0xac0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA Probing
>> IDE interface ide0...
>>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>>Probing IDE interface ide1...
>>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>> ide2: BM-DMA at 0xc800-0xc807, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA
>> ide3: BM-DMA at 0xc808-0xc80f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
>>Probing IDE interface ide2...
>>ide2 at 0xb800-0xb807,0xbc02 on irq 10
>>Probing IDE interface ide3...
>>Probing IDE interface ide3...
>>Probing IDE interface ide4...
>>Probing IDE interface ide5...
>>
>>The Sarge RC3 installer doesn't seem to accept the boot parameter
>>"ide=nodma". It would be useful if that parameter was accepted, or if
>>there was a way to specify something such as "hpt366=do_not_load", but
>>being able to use "ide=nodma" would be preferred. Would it be feasible
>>to have DMA turned off UNTIL all devices are probed? I feel that would
>> possibly solve this problem as well.
>>
>>As one would expect, disabling the RAID controller in the BIOS allows
>>booting from and detecting hardware without issue.
>>
>>I was successful using the kernel "expert26" to detect the CD and hard
>>drives after unselecting the hpt366 kernel module. For what it's worth,
>>Knoppix 3.7 and 3.8.1 boot without issue and without any custom boot
>>parameters.
>>
>>
>>If more information would be useful, please let me know.
>>
>>
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