Re: No valid timers found on ALIX (was Re: 9.0-BETA2 - Kernel Panic on ALIX)

On 8/31/2011 3:57 PM, Edgar Martinez wrote:
> Latest ALIX firmware? .99h?
> 
> I'm using the below board...
> 
> http://pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm

Thats pretty well the same board as me, except I dont have the 2
mini-pci slots.  Mine comes up as

Geode LX: PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99h tinyBIOS V1.4a (C)1997-2007
vs
Geode LX: PC Engines ALIX.3 v0.99h tinyBIOS V1.4a (C)1997-2007


Perhaps engage the PCEngine's folks to see what the difference is and if
they know what might be up.



	---Mike

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Tancsa [mailto:mike_at_sentex.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:57 PM
> To: Edgar Martinez
> Cc: Adrian Chadd; freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: No valid timers found on ALIX (was Re: 9.0-BETA2 - Kernel Panic on ALIX)
> 
> On 8/31/2011 3:25 PM, Edgar Martinez wrote:
>> Nope..I rebuilt with both options..and just one at a time..
> 
> Strange,
> 	My kernel is not so different from GENERIC. I added it to the bottom of
> http://www.tancsa.com/beta2.html
> 
> Perhaps its a different Alix box than mine that is causing the issue ? I
> tried with
> http://www.pcengines.ch/alix6f2.htm
> and
> http://www.pcengines.ch/alix3d2.htm
> 
> 	---Mike
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>> panic: No usable event timer found!
>> KDB: stack backtrace:
>> X_db_sym_numargs(c0758a2d) at 0xc0471f85 = X_db_sym_numargs+0x135
>> kdb_backtrace(c2820d38,1,fffffff,c2820d40,c070257a,...) at 0xc05a9c98 = kdb_backtrace+0x28
>> panic(c077df08,c078251c,fffffff,c2820d48,c0708b88,...) at 0xc0581322 = panic+0xa2
>> cpu_initclocks_bsp(c2820d60,c054358b,c07c8f14,c0750d2a,0,...) at 0xc070257a = cpu_initclocks_bsp+0xfa
>> cpu_initclocks(c07c8f14,c0750d2a,0,0,c2820d78,...) at 0xc0708b88 = cpu_initclocks+0x8
>> hardclock_sync(0,281ec00,281e000,2825000,0,...) at 0xc054358b = hardclock_sync+0x3b
>> mi_startup() at 0xc0541469 = mi_startup+0xa9
>> btext() at 0xc0447665 = btext+0x95
>> KDB: enter: panic
>> [ thread pid 0 tid 100000 ]
>> Stopped at      0xc05a9aa4 = kdb_enter+0x34:    movl    $0,0xc07d93b4 = kdb_why
>>
>> Is still the result..
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Tancsa [mailto:mike_at_sentex.net] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:53 AM
>> To: Adrian Chadd
>> Cc: Edgar Martinez; freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: No valid timers found on ALIX (was Re: 9.0-BETA2 - Kernel Panic on ALIX)
>>
>> On 8/31/2011 12:27 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>> Just to clarify for Edgar,
>>>
>>> His 9.0 build isn't finding any valid timers; hence why the thing
>>> panics upon boot.
>>>
>>> Since I've got a few Alix boards I'd like to use for 11n testing, i'd
>>> like to know how to make this work.
>>> Does anyone know the relevant magic to see which timers are available,
>>> and force enable something that'll work?
>>
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>> Strange,
>> 	I had just tried with a Soekris not long ago and it was happy with
>> Beta1 and 2.... csuping... updating... and it still works.  dmesg.txt at
>> http://www.tancsa.com/beta2.html
>>
>> What if you add
>>
>> option          CPU_GEODE
>> option          CPU_SOEKRIS
>>
>> to the kernel ? I think actually only one is needed, but I forget which one.
>>
>> 	---Mike
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