Bug#283524: kernel-image-2.6.9-1-686: hwclock blocks on /dev/rtc read, which prevents machine from booting or halting
reassign 283524 linux-2.6
thanks
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 06:02:58PM +0100, Laurent Bonnaud wrote:
> Package: kernel
> Version: 2.6.9-3
> Severity: important
>
>
> Hi,
>
> on a Dell PowerEdge SC1420 hwclock blocks on a read of /dev/rtc on boot and on
> shutdown:
>
> # strace /sbin/hwclock --hctosys
> [...]
> open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> ioctl(3, RTC_UIE_ON, 0) = 0
> read(3,
>
>
> Same thing with "/sbin/hwclock --systohc".
>
> Here is the hardware included in the machine:
>
> # lspci
>
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Server Memory Controller Hub (rev 09)
> 0000:00:00.1 ff00: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub Error Reporting Register (rev 09)
> 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port A0 (rev 09)
> 0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port A1 (rev 09)
> 0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port B0 (rev 09)
> 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
> 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) Serial ATA 150 Storage Controller (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
> 0000:01:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. PCI Bridge Hub A
> 0000:01:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. PCI Bridge Hub B
> 0000:02:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec AAC-RAID (rev 01)
> 0000:03:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 04)
> 0000:06:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
>
>
> # dmidecode
>
> Handle 0x0000
> DMI type 0, 20 bytes.
> BIOS Information
> Vendor: Dell Inc.
> Version: A00
> Release Date: 09/09/2004
> Address: 0xF0000
> Runtime Size: 64 kB
> ROM Size: 512 kB
> Characteristics:
> PCI is supported
> PNP is supported
> APM is supported
> BIOS is upgradeable
> BIOS shadowing is allowed
> Boot from CD is supported
> Selectable boot is supported
> EDD is supported
> Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
> Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
> 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
> Serial services are supported (int 14h)
> Printer services are supported (int 17h)
> ACPI is supported
> USB legacy is supported
> LS-120 boot is supported
> BIOS boot specification is supported
> Function key-initiated network boot is supported
> Handle 0x0100
> DMI type 1, 25 bytes.
> System Information
> Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
> Product Name: PowerEdge SC1420
> Version: Not Specified
> Serial Number: [...]
> UUID: [...]
> Wake-up Type: APM Timer
> Handle 0x0200
> DMI type 2, 8 bytes.
> Base Board Information
> Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
> Product Name: 0T7495
> Version:
> Serial Number: [...]
> Handle 0x0300
> DMI type 3, 13 bytes.
> Chassis Information
> Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
> Type: Mini Tower
> Lock: Not Present
> Version: Not Specified
> Serial Number: [...]
> Asset Tag:
> Boot-up State: Safe
> Power Supply State: Safe
> Thermal State: Safe
> Security Status: None
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.1
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
>
> Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.9-1-686 depends on:
> ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
> ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management utilities
> ii initrd-tools 0.1.74 tools to create initrd image for p
> ii module-init-tools 3.1-rel-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
>
> -- no debconf information
Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?
Cheers,
Moritz
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