Re: linux-next: Tree for Sept 6 (does not boot on AMD64)

[Sedat Dilek]

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday, September 06, 2012, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Changes since 20120905:
>> >>
>> >> New tree: arm64
>> >>
>> >> The powerpc tree gained a build failure for which I reverted 3 commits.
>> >>
>> >> The net-next tree lost its build failure.
>> >>
>> >> The trivial tree gained a conflict against the powerpc tree.
>> >>
>> >> The spi-mb tree gained a build failure so I used the version from
>> >> next-20120905.
>> >>
>> >> The driver-core tree gained a build failure (form an interaction with the
>> >> workqueues tree) for which I applied a merge fix patch.
>> >>
>> >> The tty tree gained a build failure for which I applied a patch.
>> >>
>> >> The staging tree lost its build failure.
>> >>
>> >> The arm-soc tree gained a conflict against the usb tree.
>> >>
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, today's linux-next does not boot here on Ubuntu/precise AMD64.
>> > My yesterday's next-20120905 is fine.
>> >
>> > I throw out all my additional patches an rebuild again as "-2", but
>> > this linux-image does not boot.
>> > It's in very early stage.
>> > I removed "quiet" etc. from kernel-command-line, but this reveals not much more.
>> >
>> > From the attached kernel-config.diff:
>> > Dunno why the 2nd is disabled now and try to turn off the 1st one in a
>> > "-3" build.
>> >
>> > +CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB=y
>> > -CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL=y
>> >
>>
>> [ CC Rafael (cpufreq sub-maintainer) ]
>
> Well, this is related to the AMD cpufreq patchset I've just added to
> linux-next.  I'll drop it for now until the issue is resolved.
>

Hi Rafael,

The problem was caused by the slab/next merge (see [1]).

[1] http://marc.info/?t=134695686500008&r=1&w=2

>> I hacked to turn off CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB, but this is not the
>> root cause.
>> Not sure why this setting is default YES, Rafael?
>>
>> To switch from upstart to systemd does not help.
>
> Andre, care to have a look at this?
>

I am not sure if the depends-on/default-n/default-y lines are correct.
Here, I am on a Intel sandy-bridge CPU, so why do I need to activate
any AMD CPU workaround?

[ Linux-Next (next-20120906) ]

19 config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ
20         tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver"
21         select CPU_FREQ_TABLE
22         depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
23         help
24           This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI
25           Processor Performance States.
26           This driver also supports Intel Enhanced Speedstep and newer
27           AMD CPUs.
28
29           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
30           module will be called acpi-cpufreq.
31
32           For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
33
34           If in doubt, say N.
35
36 config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB
37         default y
38         bool "Legacy cpb sysfs knob support for AMD CPUs"
39         depends on X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ && CPU_SUP_AMD
40         help
41           The powernow-k8 driver used to provide a sysfs knob called "cpb"
42           to disable the Core Performance Boosting feature of AMD CPUs. This
43           file has now been superseeded by the more generic "boost" entry.
44
45           By enabling this option the acpi_cpufreq driver provides the old
46           entry in addition to the new boost ones, for compatibility reasons.

Why is there no depends-on "X86_POWERNOW_K8" (see above help-text)?

I have set CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD=y which leads always to
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB=y.
As said Intel SNB CPU!

What about this (untested)?

----- SNIP -----
config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB
        bool "Legacy cpb sysfs knob support for AMD CPUs"
        depends on X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ
        default y if X86_POWERNOW_K8 && CPU_SUP_AMD
        default n
----- SNAP -----

106 config X86_POWERNOW_K8
107         tristate "AMD Opteron/Athlon64 PowerNow!"
108         select CPU_FREQ_TABLE
109         depends on ACPI && ACPI_PROCESSOR
110         help
111           This adds the CPUFreq driver for K8/early
Opteron/Athlon64 processors.
112           Support for K10 and newer processors is now in acpi-cpufreq.
113
114           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
115           module will be called powernow-k8.
116
117           For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.

Regards,
- Sedat -

> Rafael
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