Re: Booting 2.6.30-rc2-git7 very slow

From: Martin Knoblauch
Date: Wed Apr 22 2009 - 05:56:40 EST



> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>

> To: Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:12:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Booting 2.6.30-rc2-git7 very slow
>
> On Tuesday 21 April 2009, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
> >
> > Hi, [please CC me on replies, as I am not subscribed]
> >
> > booting 2.6.30-rc2-git7 on a HP/DL380G3 (x86_64, RHEL4.3, 64 bit userspace)
> is much slower that it used to be. It seems I run into timeouts when [trying to]
> load intel and tg3 microcodes:
> >
> > [ 14.478892] platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-04-0a
> > [ 74.476741] platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-04-0a
> > [ 134.476638] platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-04-0a
> > [ 194.476637] platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-04-0a
> > [ 254.476493] Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 ,
> Peter Oruba
> > [ 254.718489] Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 removed.
> >
> > So, we see 60 seconds for eaoch of the CPUs
> >
> > [ 255.273426] tg3 0000:03:01.0: PME# disabled
> > [ 257.833769] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex.
> > [ 257.833775] tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
> > [ 269.643973] tg3 0000:03:01.1: firmware: requesting tigon/tg3_tso.bin
> > [ 329.640456] eth1: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"
> > [ 329.640463] eth1: TSO capability disabled.
> > [ 329.640487] tg3 0000:03:01.1: PME# disabled
> > [ 333.081753] tg3: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex.
> > [ 333.081759] tg3: eth1: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
> >
> > We see 60 seconds for eth1, complaining about a failed firmware load.
> > /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin does exist and is from the current
> > build.
>
> Do I assume correctly that 2.6.29 did not have this problem?
>

Just checked. 2.6.29 has exactely the same problem. 2.6.28.2 was OK. This is from the 2.6.29 boot:

[ 14.308340] platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-04-0a
[ 74.304612] platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-04-0a
[ 134.304651] platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-04-0a
[ 194.304638] platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/0f-04-0a
[ 254.304597] Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Oruba
[ 254.546200] Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 removed.
[ 255.088405] tg3 0000:03:01.0: PME# disabled
[ 257.669617] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex.
[ 257.669622] tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
[ 269.456132] tg3 0000:03:01.1: firmware: requesting tigon/tg3_tso.bin
[ 329.456495] eth1: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"
[ 329.456500] eth1: TSO capability disabled.
[ 329.456524] tg3 0000:03:01.1: PME# disabled
[ 332.921832] tg3: eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex.
[ 332.921837] tg3: eth1: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.


Cheers
Martin
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