Re: WARNING: at drivers/iommu/dmar.c:484 warn_invalid_dmar withIntel Motherboard
From: Chris Wright
Date: Thu Jul 11 2013 - 18:33:28 EST
* Guenter Roeck (linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:00:54PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > * Guenter Roeck (linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 04:22:52PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > > > One thing I've seen is the BIOS zeroing the base register address when
> > > > VT-d is disabled in BIOS. So, Guenter, a "fix" may be simply enabling
> > > > VT-d in the BIOS.
> > > >
> > > Ah, yes, I think I may have that disabled. I'll check it tonight.
> >
> > Did you find out if BIOS change fixed this?
> >
> No, it didn't. Enabling or disabling virtualization in the BIOS did not make
> a difference. It looks like there is a bad DMAR table entry (with address 0)
> in the ACPI data. In case you are interested how it looks like:
>
> DMAR @ 0xcb3f3f90
> 0000: 44 4d 41 52 90 00 00 00 01 d5 49 4e 54 45 4c 20 DMAR......INTEL
> 0010: 44 48 38 37 52 4c 20 20 40 01 00 00 49 4e 54 4c DH87RL @...INTL
> 0020: 01 00 00 00 26 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....&...........
> 0030: 00 00 10 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> 0040: 01 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0 eb cb 00 00 00 00 ..0.............
> 0050: ff 9f ec cb 00 00 00 00 01 08 00 00 00 00 1d 00 ................
> 0060: 01 08 00 00 00 00 1a 00 01 08 00 00 00 00 14 00 ................
> 0070: 01 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d7 00 00 00 00 .. .............
> 0080: ff ff 1f df 00 00 00 00 01 08 00 00 00 00 02 00 ................
>
> Turns out the i7-4770K doesn't support VT-d, so my current understanding
> is that there should be no DMAR table in the first place.
OK, thanks for follow-up. You can see why the warnings are there now.
This is your decoded DMAR table...has valid looking RMRR regions, and
mostly valid looking DRHD (minus the invalid base address).
/*
* Intel ACPI Component Architecture
* AML Disassembler version 20100528
*
* Disassembly of /tmp/dmar, Thu Jul 11 15:24:28 2013
*
* ACPI Data Table [DMAR]
*
* Format: [HexOffset DecimalOffset ByteLength] FieldName : FieldValue
*/
[000h 0000 4] Signature : "DMAR" /* DMA Remapping table */
[004h 0004 4] Table Length : 00000090
[008h 0008 1] Revision : 01
[009h 0009 1] Checksum : D5
[00Ah 0010 6] Oem ID : "INTEL "
[010h 0016 8] Oem Table ID : "DH87RL "
[018h 0024 4] Oem Revision : 00000140
[01Ch 0028 4] Asl Compiler ID : "INTL"
[020h 0032 4] Asl Compiler Revision : 00000001
[024h 0036 1] Host Address Width : 26
[025h 0037 1] Flags : 00
[030h 0048 2] Subtable Type : 0000 <Hardware Unit Definition>
[032h 0050 2] Length : 0010
[034h 0052 1] Flags : 01
[035h 0053 1] Reserved : 00
[036h 0054 2] PCI Segment Number : 0000
[038h 0056 8] Register Base Address : 0000000000000000
[040h 0064 2] Subtable Type : 0001 <Reserved Memory Region>
[042h 0066 2] Length : 0030
[044h 0068 2] Reserved : 0000
[046h 0070 2] PCI Segment Number : 0000
[048h 0072 8] Base Address : 00000000CBEBB000
[050h 0080 8] End Address (limit) : 00000000CBEC9FFF
[058h 0088 1] Device Scope Entry Type : 01
[059h 0089 1] Entry Length : 08
[05Ah 0090 2] Reserved : 0000
[05Ch 0092 1] Enumeration ID : 00
[05Dh 0093 1] PCI Bus Number : 00
[05Eh 0094 2] PCI Path : [1D, 00]
[060h 0096 1] Device Scope Entry Type : 01
[061h 0097 1] Entry Length : 08
[062h 0098 2] Reserved : 0000
[064h 0100 1] Enumeration ID : 00
[065h 0101 1] PCI Bus Number : 00
[066h 0102 2] PCI Path : [1A, 00]
[068h 0104 1] Device Scope Entry Type : 01
[069h 0105 1] Entry Length : 08
[06Ah 0106 2] Reserved : 0000
[06Ch 0108 1] Enumeration ID : 00
[06Dh 0109 1] PCI Bus Number : 00
[06Eh 0110 2] PCI Path : [14, 00]
[070h 0112 2] Subtable Type : 0001 <Reserved Memory Region>
[072h 0114 2] Length : 0020
[074h 0116 2] Reserved : 0000
[076h 0118 2] PCI Segment Number : 0000
[078h 0120 8] Base Address : 00000000D7000000
[080h 0128 8] End Address (limit) : 00000000DF1FFFFF
[088h 0136 1] Device Scope Entry Type : 01
[089h 0137 1] Entry Length : 08
[08Ah 0138 2] Reserved : 0000
[08Ch 0140 1] Enumeration ID : 00
[08Dh 0141 1] PCI Bus Number : 00
[08Eh 0142 2] PCI Path : [02, 00]
Raw Table Data
0000: 44 4D 41 52 90 00 00 00 01 D5 49 4E 54 45 4C 20 DMAR......INTEL
0010: 44 48 38 37 52 4C 20 20 40 01 00 00 49 4E 54 4C DH87RL @...INTL
0020: 01 00 00 00 26 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....&...........
0030: 00 00 10 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0040: 01 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 B0 EB CB 00 00 00 00 ..0.............
0050: FF 9F EC CB 00 00 00 00 01 08 00 00 00 00 1D 00 ................
0060: 01 08 00 00 00 00 1A 00 01 08 00 00 00 00 14 00 ................
0070: 01 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D7 00 00 00 00 .. .............
0080: FF FF 1F DF 00 00 00 00 01 08 00 00 00 00 02 00 ................
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