Dell PowerEdge 840 ACPI panic early in boot

Bill Brinzer brinzer at mfrac.com
Wed Nov 26 06:27:26 PST 2008


Nate,

Thanks for the quick reply.

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 01:40:07PM -0500, Nate Lawson wrote:
> The output of acpidump -t would help.  That gives the fixed
> tables in addition to ASL.
/*
  RSD PTR: OEM=DELL, ACPI_Rev=2.0x (2)
	XSDT=0x000f9f04, length=36, cksum=42
 */
/*
  XSDT: Length=84, Revision=1, Checksum=139,
	OEMID=DELL, OEM Table ID=PE_SC3, OEM Revision=0x1,
	Creator ID=INTL, Creator Revision=0x1
	Entries={ 0x000f9ff4, 0x000fa0e8, 0x000fa16c, 0x000fa1bc, 0x000fa1f4, 0x000fa230 }
 */
/*
  FACP: Length=244, Revision=3, Checksum=90,
	OEMID=DELL, OEM Table ID=PE_SC3, OEM Revision=0x1,
	Creator ID=INTL, Creator Revision=0x1
 	FACS=0x7ffcfc00, DSDT=0x7ffc0000
	INT_MODEL=PIC
	Preferred_PM_Profile=Enterprise Server (4)
	SCI_INT=9
	SMI_CMD=0xb2, ACPI_ENABLE=0x69, ACPI_DISABLE=0x6a, S4BIOS_REQ=0x0
	PSTATE_CNT=0x90
	PM1a_EVT_BLK=0x800-0x803
	PM1a_CNT_BLK=0x804-0x805
	PM_TMR_BLK=0x808-0x80b
	GPE0_BLK=0x828-0x82f
	CST_CNT=0x90
	P_LVL2_LAT=500 us, P_LVL3_LAT=5000 us
	FLUSH_SIZE=0, FLUSH_STRIDE=0
	DUTY_OFFSET=0, DUTY_WIDTH=0
	DAY_ALRM=0, MON_ALRM=0, CENTURY=50
	IAPC_BOOT_ARCH={LEGACY_DEV,8042}
	Flags={WBINVD,PROC_C1,SLP_BUTTON,RTC_S4}
	X_FACS=0x7ffcfc00, X_DSDT=0x7ffc0000
	X_PM1a_EVT_BLK=0x800:0[4] (IO)
	X_PM1a_CNT_BLK=0x804:0[2] (IO)
	X_PM_TMR_BLK=0x808:0[4] (IO)
	X_GPE0_BLK=0x828:0[8] (IO)
 */
/*
  FACS:	Length=64, HwSig=0x00000000, Firm_Wake_Vec=0x00000000
	Global_Lock=
	Flags=
	Version=1
 */
/*
  DSDT: Length=8074, Revision=1, Checksum=53,
	OEMID=DELL, OEM Table ID=PE_SC3, OEM Revision=0x1,
	Creator ID=INTL, Creator Revision=0x20050624
 */
/*
  APIC: Length=132, Revision=1, Checksum=158,
	OEMID=DELL, OEM Table ID=PE_SC3, OEM Revision=0x1,
	Creator ID=INTL, Creator Revision=0x1
	Local APIC ADDR=0xfee00000
	Flags={PC-AT}

	Type=Local APIC
	ACPI CPU=1
	Flags={ENABLED}
	APIC ID=0

	Type=Local APIC
	ACPI CPU=2
	Flags={ENABLED}
	APIC ID=1

	Type=Local APIC
	ACPI CPU=3
	Flags={DISABLED}
	APIC ID=2

	Type=Local APIC
	ACPI CPU=4
	Flags={DISABLED}
	APIC ID=3

	Type=Local NMI
	ACPI CPU=1
	LINT Pin=1
	Flags={Polarity=active-hi, Trigger=edge}

	Type=Local NMI
	ACPI CPU=2
	LINT Pin=1
	Flags={Polarity=active-hi, Trigger=edge}

	Type=INT Override
	BUS=0
	IRQ=0
	INTR=2
	Flags={Polarity=conforming, Trigger=conforming}

	Type=INT Override
	BUS=0
	IRQ=9
	INTR=9
	Flags={Polarity=active-hi, Trigger=level}

	Type=IO APIC
	APIC ID=2
	INT BASE=0
	ADDR=0x00000000fec00000

	Type=IO APIC
	APIC ID=3
	INT BASE=32
	ADDR=0x00000000fec10000
 */
/*
  SPCR: Length=80, Revision=1, Checksum=213,
	OEMID=DELL, OEM Table ID=PE_SC3, OEM Revision=0x1,
	Creator ID=INTL, Creator Revision=0x1
 */
/*
  HPET: Length=56, Revision=1, Checksum=74,
	OEMID=DELL, OEM Table ID=PE_SC3, OEM Revision=0x1,
	Creator ID=INTL, Creator Revision=0x1
	HPET Number=0
	ADDR=0xfed00000:0[0] (Memory)	HW Rev=0xff
	Comparitors=31
	Counter Size=1
	Legacy IRQ routing capable={TRUE}
	PCI Vendor ID=0xffff
	Minimal Tick=1000
 */
/*
  MCFG: Length=60, Revision=1, Checksum=224,
	OEMID=DELL, OEM Table ID=PE_SC3, OEM Revision=0x1,
	Creator ID=INTL, Creator Revision=0x1

	Base Address= 0x00000000f0000000
	Segment Group= 0x0000
	Start Bus= 0
	End Bus= 63
 */
/*
  SLIC: Length=36, Revision=1, Checksum=25,
	OEMID=DELL, OEM Table ID=PE_SC3, OEM Revision=0x1,
	Creator ID=INTL, Creator Revision=0x1
 */


> Perhaps the MADT is corrupt.
Indeed, I don't see an MADT in the output above.  Should there be one?

> Have you checked your vendor for a BIOS update?
Yes, I'm using their latest BIOS revision A06, dated October 8, 2008.

Bill Brinzer


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