#198 closed defect (fixed)
crash Dell PowerEdge T105 server
| Reported by: | Chuck McKinnis | Owned by: | pasha |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ACPI PSD | Version: | 3.05 |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
I have just installed RC4 on a Dell PowerEdge T105 server (dual-core Opteron CPU). The install went well, and the system booted OK.
When the ACPI wizard ran after install, it suggested that I added /SMP to the PSD line in config.sys, and installed the SMP kernel. I did, but after that the system wouldn't boot. The system got to the Snap Graphics splash, and then crashed. I tried switching to VGA mode, but the system still crashes just before switching to graphics mode.
This is the start of the error message I get:
Exception in module: OS2KRNL TRAP 000e ERRCD=0000 ERACC= ERLIM= CPU=01 ... Internal revision 14.104a_SMP
After looking at the ACPI SMP FAQ, I tried changing /PIC to /APIC. That improves the situation slightly - the desktop is shown for about 10 seconds before the system crashes... If I boot the system using the original config.sys (Alt-F1->F2) the system boots. Alt-F1->F4 causes the same crash after 10 seconds as the normal boot.
To get the system booting, I went back to the installation config (Alt-F1->0) and changed to VGA mode again. Then the system boots - but without SMP of course.
Any tests I should perform to get SMP working?
A separate issue is the NIC, which is not supported. It's a Broaddcom BCM5722, which doesn't exist according to the Broadcom website. Perhaps it's a special Dell-only chip? I have hacked the B57.OS2 driver to support it, and it seems to be working fine.
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Change History (12)
by , 17 years ago
by , 17 years ago
| Attachment: | acpidaemon.log added |
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by , 17 years ago
| Attachment: | acpiirq.log added |
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by , 17 years ago
comment:2 by , 17 years ago
I have read through the docs.
There are no add-on cards installed, and the only "special" drivers are for the NIC and USB. USB is needed, as the system has no PS/2 keyboard connector.
comment:4 by , 17 years ago
After installing 3.7 and a patched patched Broadcom driver the system seems to work with /SMP /APIC.
The original Broadcom driver I patched myself doesn't work (high IRQ problem). I tried REMAP, but the driver still didn't work. It installed, but networking didn't work, and the system behaved strangely. I tried your patched driver from ecomstation.ru, but that driver doesn't support the BCM5722. So I patched your patched driver to support the BCM5722 instead of the BCM5721, and now the driver works.
I have attached the logs and the BCM5722 driver.
comment:5 by , 17 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
OK, we add the driver to the list of APIC compatible
- Broadcom BCM5722 (Dell-only chip?) driver from Yuri Dario
comment:6 by , 17 years ago
ops, If I see Dell then I remember about Yuri Dario :)
-> patched by Mikkel C. Simonsen
