xen and pms resets

I just installed Xen3.0.4 with -current as DOM0 on a
Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop.

When running XFree86 I get regular (about every minute)
pms0 resets and sometimes pckbport command timeouts.

Does anyone else see the same?

N.B. I added PCMCIA support to the XEN configuration
to use my wi(4) card. Could that be a cause?

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On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:08:41AM +0200, Marcin Jessa
wrote:
> On Saturday 09 June 2007 02:00, Jed Davis wrote:
> > Jed Davis <jdevpanix.com> writes:
> > > mlelstvserpens.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
> > >> When running XFree86 I get regular (about
every minute)
> > >> pms0 resets and sometimes pckbport
command timeouts.
> > >>
> > >> Does anyone else see the same?
> > >
> > > I get the latter occasionally, but the
situation is different: there's
> > > usually a hang during autoconf[*], and
pressing a key unsticks it, and
> > > also sometimes gives the timeout message.
> >
> > Also, this seems to occur either before or after
probing my USB
> > trackball, for what it's worth.
> 
> I noticed the same after I upgraded my XEN to 3.1.0 and
kernel to 4.99.20
> I need to press a key to make it proceed. This happens
when probing my USB 
> HDs.
> It worked fined with the former XEN version.

Looks like an interrupt issue; did you try playing with ACPI
options ?

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On Jun 18, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:08:41AM +0200, Marcin Jessa
wrote:
>> On Saturday 09 June 2007 02:00, Jed Davis wrote:
>>> Jed Davis <jdevpanix.com> writes:
>>>> mlelstvserpens.de (Michael van
Elst) writes:
>>>>> When running XFree86 I get regular
(about every minute)
>>>>> pms0 resets and sometimes pckbport
command timeouts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone else see the same?
>>>>
>>>> I get the latter occasionally, but the
situation is different:  
>>>> there's
>>>> usually a hang during autoconf[*], and
pressing a key unsticks  
>>>> it, and
>>>> also sometimes gives the timeout message.
>>>
>>> Also, this seems to occur either before or
after probing my USB
>>> trackball, for what it's worth.
>>
>> I noticed the same after I upgraded my XEN to 3.1.0
and kernel to  
>> 4.99.20
>> I need to press a key to make it proceed. This
happens when  
>> probing my USB
>> HDs.
>> It worked fined with the former XEN version.
>
> Looks like an interrupt issue; did you try playing with
ACPI options ?

As you can see below I have ACPI disabled:

title Xen 3.0.4 /(HDD1)
   root(hd0,e)
   kernel (hd0,e)/xen.gz dom0_mem=262144 noapic acpi=off
nosmp
   module (hd0,e)/netbsd root=/dev/hda1 ro console=pc
elevator=cfq

The kernel option is disabled as well:
#acpi0          at hypervisor?


Marcin Michal Jessa
http://www.yazzy.org/

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:39:54PM +0200, Marcin M. Jessa
wrote:
> >Looks like an interrupt issue; did you try playing
with ACPI options ?
> 
> As you can see below I have ACPI disabled:
> 
> title Xen 3.0.4 /(HDD1)
>   root(hd0,e)
>   kernel (hd0,e)/xen.gz dom0_mem=262144 noapic acpi=off
nosmp
>   module (hd0,e)/netbsd root=/dev/hda1 ro console=pc
elevator=cfq
> 
> The kernel option is disabled as well:
> #acpi0          at hypervisor?

Doesn't it work if you enable acpi ?
I'll have to test on a box where I can disable acpi ...

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On Jun 18, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:39:54PM +0200, Marcin M.
Jessa wrote:
>>> Looks like an interrupt issue; did you try
playing with ACPI  
>>> options ?
>>
>> As you can see below I have ACPI disabled:
>>
>> title Xen 3.0.4 /(HDD1)
>>   root(hd0,e)
>>   kernel (hd0,e)/xen.gz dom0_mem=262144 noapic
acpi=off nosmp
>>   module (hd0,e)/netbsd root=/dev/hda1 ro
console=pc elevator=cfq
>>
>> The kernel option is disabled as well:
>> #acpi0          at hypervisor?
>
> Doesn't it work if you enable acpi ?
> I'll have to test on a box where I can disable acpi
...

I removed the acpi=off option but it did not change
anything.
I had to add it before becouse Xen did not want to start
without it.
I don't quite remember what exact version of Xen 3 required
that  
option to be defined.

The USB drives did not get powered up when I also removed
the noapic  
option
and the nosmp option did not seem to have any effect.

Do you suggest me to recompile kernel with ACPI enabled ?

Btw, XEN starts with some kind of ASCI logo now and it
totally
messes up my console. Can it be switched off?
The console is useless now.


Marcin Michal Jessa
http://www.yazzy.org/

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 08:33:01PM +0200, Marcin M. Jessa
wrote:
> 
> On Jun 18, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:39:54PM +0200, Marcin M.
Jessa wrote:
> >>>Looks like an interrupt issue; did you try
playing with ACPI  
> >>>options ?
> >>
> >>As you can see below I have ACPI disabled:
> >>
> >>title Xen 3.0.4 /(HDD1)
> >>  root(hd0,e)
> >>  kernel (hd0,e)/xen.gz dom0_mem=262144 noapic
acpi=off nosmp
> >>  module (hd0,e)/netbsd root=/dev/hda1 ro
console=pc elevator=cfq
> >>
> >>The kernel option is disabled as well:
> >>#acpi0          at hypervisor?
> >
> >Doesn't it work if you enable acpi ?
> >I'll have to test on a box where I can disable acpi
...
> 
> I removed the acpi=off option but it did not change
anything.
> I had to add it before becouse Xen did not want to
start without it.
> I don't quite remember what exact version of Xen 3
required that  
> option to be defined.
> 
> The USB drives did not get powered up when I also
removed the noapic  
> option
> and the nosmp option did not seem to have any effect.
> 
> Do you suggest me to recompile kernel with ACPI enabled
?

Yes, if you enable acpi in Xen it's also needed in the dom0
kernel

> 
> Btw, XEN starts with some kind of ASCI logo now and it
totally
> messes up my console. Can it be switched off?
> The console is useless now.

I think it always did, so I'm not sure what changed. Are you
talking about
serial or VGA ?

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     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la
difference
--

On Jun 18, 2007, at 8:52 PM, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 08:33:01PM +0200, Marcin M.
Jessa wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 18, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:39:54PM +0200,
Marcin M. Jessa wrote:
>>>>> Looks like an interrupt issue; did you
try playing with ACPI
>>>>> options ?
>>>>
>>>> As you can see below I have ACPI disabled:
>>>>
>>>> title Xen 3.0.4 /(HDD1)
>>>>  root(hd0,e)
>>>>  kernel (hd0,e)/xen.gz dom0_mem=262144
noapic acpi=off nosmp
>>>>  module (hd0,e)/netbsd root=/dev/hda1 ro
console=pc elevator=cfq
>>>>
>>>> The kernel option is disabled as well:
>>>> #acpi0          at hypervisor?
>>>
>>> Doesn't it work if you enable acpi ?
>>> I'll have to test on a box where I can disable
acpi ...
>>
>> I removed the acpi=off option but it did not change
anything.
>> I had to add it before becouse Xen did not want to
start without it.
>> I don't quite remember what exact version of Xen 3
required that
>> option to be defined.
>>
>> The USB drives did not get powered up when I also
removed the noapic
>> option
>> and the nosmp option did not seem to have any
effect.
>>
>> Do you suggest me to recompile kernel with ACPI
enabled ?
>
> Yes, if you enable acpi in Xen it's also needed in the
dom0 kernel
>
>>
>> Btw, XEN starts with some kind of ASCI logo now and
it totally
>> messes up my console. Can it be switched off?
>> The console is useless now.
>
> I think it always did, so I'm not sure what changed.
Are you  
> talking about
> serial or VGA ?

I can't recall seeing the logo before.
And it never messed up the console. Now it seems like the
console has  
a different resolution.
The font is smaller and it looks like it's a different one
too .
I am talking about VGA.


Marcin Michal Jessa
http://www.yazzy.org/

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:44:49PM +0200, Marcin M. Jessa
wrote:
> I can't recall seeing the logo before.
> And it never messed up the console. Now it seems like
the console has  
> a different resolution.
> The font is smaller and it looks like it's a different
one too .
> I am talking about VGA.

I'll have to try Xen on a VGA console then; I'm mostly using
serial
console (all Xen debugging tools is on serial)

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On Jun 19, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:44:49PM +0200, Marcin M.
Jessa wrote:
>> I can't recall seeing the logo before.
>> And it never messed up the console. Now it seems
like the console has
>> a different resolution.
>> The font is smaller and it looks like it's a
different one too .
>> I am talking about VGA.
>
> I'll have to try Xen on a VGA console then; I'm mostly
using serial
> console (all Xen debugging tools is on serial)

Great, as I said before, I could clearly see the XEN ASCI
logo with  
the new version
which wasn't there before and which seems to mess up the VGA
console  
output.

I tried new kernel with ACPI in and it did not help.
Boot process always stalls waiting for me to hit a key to be
able to  
proceed
when the kernel activates my USB hard drives.


Marcin Michal Jessa
http://www.wifibsd.org/
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