No valid timers found on ALIX (was Re: 9.0-BETA2 - Kernel Panic on ALIX)

[Mike Tancsa]

On 8/31/2011 3:25 PM, Edgar Martinez wrote:
> Nope..I rebuilt with both options..and just one at a time..

Strange,
	My kernel is not so different from GENERIC. I added it to the bottom of
http://www.tancsa.com/beta2.html

Perhaps its a different Alix box than mine that is causing the issue ? I
tried with
http://www.pcengines.ch/alix6f2.htm
and
http://www.pcengines.ch/alix3d2.htm

	---Mike



> 
> panic: No usable event timer found!
> KDB: stack backtrace:
> X_db_sym_numargs(c0758a2d) at 0xc0471f85 = X_db_sym_numargs+0x135
> kdb_backtrace(c2820d38,1,fffffff,c2820d40,c070257a,...) at 0xc05a9c98 = kdb_backtrace+0x28
> panic(c077df08,c078251c,fffffff,c2820d48,c0708b88,...) at 0xc0581322 = panic+0xa2
> cpu_initclocks_bsp(c2820d60,c054358b,c07c8f14,c0750d2a,0,...) at 0xc070257a = cpu_initclocks_bsp+0xfa
> cpu_initclocks(c07c8f14,c0750d2a,0,0,c2820d78,...) at 0xc0708b88 = cpu_initclocks+0x8
> hardclock_sync(0,281ec00,281e000,2825000,0,...) at 0xc054358b = hardclock_sync+0x3b
> mi_startup() at 0xc0541469 = mi_startup+0xa9
> btext() at 0xc0447665 = btext+0x95
> KDB: enter: panic
> [ thread pid 0 tid 100000 ]
> Stopped at      0xc05a9aa4 = kdb_enter+0x34:    movl    $0,0xc07d93b4 = kdb_why
> 
> Is still the result..
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Tancsa [mailto:mike at sentex.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:53 AM
> To: Adrian Chadd
> Cc: Edgar Martinez; freebsd-current at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: No valid timers found on ALIX (was Re: 9.0-BETA2 - Kernel Panic on ALIX)
> 
> On 8/31/2011 12:27 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> Just to clarify for Edgar,
>>
>> His 9.0 build isn't finding any valid timers; hence why the thing
>> panics upon boot.
>>
>> Since I've got a few Alix boards I'd like to use for 11n testing, i'd
>> like to know how to make this work.
>> Does anyone know the relevant magic to see which timers are available,
>> and force enable something that'll work?
> 
> 
> Strange,
> 	I had just tried with a Soekris not long ago and it was happy with
> Beta1 and 2.... csuping... updating... and it still works.  dmesg.txt at
> http://www.tancsa.com/beta2.html
> 
> What if you add
> 
> option          CPU_GEODE
> option          CPU_SOEKRIS
> 
> to the kernel ? I think actually only one is needed, but I forget which one.
> 
> 	---Mike
> 


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