USB keyboard flaky with PAE kernel, 7.1

[Charles Owens]

Charles Owens wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm still digging into it, put preliminary testing is showing that with
> a PAE-enabled 7.1-RELEASE-p8 kernel a USB keyboard functions only
> occasionally, if you're lucky.  This flakiness is being seen with
> several different server models that we support (HP and IBM, all Xeon
> based).  If we boot a non-PAE kernel then the USB keyboard is rock solid.
>
> For what it's worth (probably little) I can run the same PAE kernel on
> an old Pentium II system and a USB keyboard  works fine.
>
> What is the best way to dig into this?   Any and all assistance greatly
> appreciated.  I can provide remote access to a testbed of these systems
> if useful.
>   

Following is some detail for one of the systems, an IBM System x3550 M2.


>From dmidecode:

System Information
        Manufacturer: IBM
        Product Name: IBM System x -[7946AC1]-
        Version: 00

[root at dmz55 ~]# usbdevs -v
Controller /dev/usb0:
addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000),
Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 addr 2: low speed, power 100 mA, config 1, Comfort Curve
Keyboard 2000(0x00dd), Microsoft(0x045e), rev 1.73
Controller /dev/usb1:
addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000),
Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 powered
Controller /dev/usb2:
addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000),
Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 powered
 port 3 powered
 port 4 powered
 port 5 powered
 port 6 powered
usbdevs: /dev/usb3: Input/output error
usbdevs: /dev/usb4: Input/output error
usbdevs: /dev/usb5: Input/output error
Controller /dev/usb6:
addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000),
Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00
 port 1 addr 2: high speed, power 2 mA, config 2, IBM Composite
Device-0(0x4012), IBM(0x04b3), rev 0.00
 port 2 powered
 port 3 powered
 port 4 powered
 port 5 powered
 port 6 addr 3: high speed, power 450 mA, config 1, product
0x1a00(0x1a00), vendor 0x2001(0x2001), rev 10.01


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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p8 #3: Thu Nov 19 15:24:03 EST 2009
    muck at dmz55.greatbaysoftware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DMZ55
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5504  @ 2.00GHz (2000.08-MHz
686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x106a5  Stepping = 5
 
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
 
Features2=0x9ce3bd<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,DCA,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT>
  AMD Features=0x28100000<NX,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  Cores per package: 8
  Logical CPUs per core: 2
real memory  = 6442450944 (6144 MB)
avail memory = 4150349824 (3958 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <IBM    THURLEY >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  2
 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  4
 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  6
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 24-47 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0: <IBM THURLEY> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi_hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on
acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x588-0x58b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 28 at device 1.0 on pci0
pci11: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pci11: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
pci11: <network, ethernet> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pcib2: <PCI-PCI bridge> irq 29 at device 2.0 on pci0
pci16: <PCI bus> on pcib2
pci16: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
pci16: <network, ethernet> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 24 at device 3.0 on pci0
pci21: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 30 at device 7.0 on pci0
pci26: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 16.0 (no driver
attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 16.1 (no driver
attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 17.0 (no driver
attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 17.1 (no driver
attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 20.0 (no driver
attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 20.1 (no driver
attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 20.2 (no driver
attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 20.3 (no driver
attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.0 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.2 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.3 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.4 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.5 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.6 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.7 (no driver attached)
uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x20a0-0x20bf irq 17 at
device 26.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x2080-0x209f irq 18 at
device 26.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0x9ba21400-0x9ba217ff irq
19 at device 26.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usb2: EHCI version 1.0
usb2: wrong number of companions (3 != 2)
usb2: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1
usb2: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb2: USB revision 2.0
uhub2: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb2
uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib5: <PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib5
mpt0: <LSILogic SAS/SATA Adapter> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem
0x9b910000-0x9b913fff,0x9b900000-0x9b90ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
mpt0: [ITHREAD]
mpt0: MPI Version=1.5.20.0
mpt0: Capabilities: ( RAID-0 RAID-1E RAID-1 )
mpt0: 0 Active Volumes (2 Max)
mpt0: 0 Hidden Drive Members (14 Max)
pcib6: <PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
pci6: <PCI bus> on pcib6
pcib7: <PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci6
pci7: <PCI bus> on pcib7
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem
0x9a000000-0x9affffff,0x9b800000-0x9b803fff,0x9b000000-0x9b7fffff irq 16
at device 0.0 on pci7
uhci2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x2060-0x207f irq 17 at
device 29.0 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usb3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci2
usb3: USB revision 1.0
usb3: root hub problem, error=4
uhci3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x2040-0x205f irq 18 at
device 29.1 on pci0
uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci3: [ITHREAD]
usb4: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci3
usb4: USB revision 1.0
usb4: root hub problem, error=4
uhci4: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x2020-0x203f irq 19 at
device 29.2 on pci0
uhci4: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci4: [ITHREAD]
usb5: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci4
usb5: USB revision 1.0
usb5: root hub problem, error=4
ehci1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0x9ba21000-0x9ba213ff irq
17 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ehci1: [ITHREAD]
usb6: EHCI version 1.0
usb6: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb3 usb4 usb5
usb6: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci1
usb6: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb6
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
ukbd0: <IBM IBM Composite Device-0, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on
uhub3
kbd2 at ukbd0
uhid0: <IBM IBM Composite Device-0, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on
uhub3
uhid1: <IBM IBM Composite Device-0, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on
uhub3
umass0: <IBM IBM Composite Device-0, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2>
on uhub3
umass1: <IBM IBM Composite Device-0, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2>
on uhub3
axe0: <vendor 0x2001 product 0x1a00, class 2/0, rev 2.00/10.01, addr 3>
on uhub3
axe0: AX88172, bufsz 1536, boundary 64
miibus0: <MII bus> on axe0
rlphy0: <IC Plus 10/100 PHY> PHY 3 on miibus0
rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
axe0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
axe0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag
axe0: Ethernet address: 00:80:c8:38:15:ff
pcib8: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci31: <PCI bus> on pcib8
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ATA controller> port
0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x20f0-0x20ff,0x20e0-0x20ef irq 16
at device 31.2 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
atapci1: <Intel ATA controller> port
0x2108-0x210f,0x2124-0x2127,0x2100-0x2107,0x2120-0x2123,0x20d0-0x20df,0x20c0-0x20cf
irq 21 at device 31.5 on pci0
atapci1: [ITHREAD]
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
ata3: [ITHREAD]
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on
acpi0
sio0: type 16550A, console
sio0: [FILTER]
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
sio1: [FILTER]
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
p4tcc1: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu1
cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est2: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu2
p4tcc2: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu2
cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est3: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu3
p4tcc3: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu3
cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est3: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu3
p4tcc3: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu3
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x100>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
ukbd1: <Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.73,
addr 2> on uhub0
kbd3 at ukbd1
uhid2: <Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.73,
addr 2> on uhub0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
da0 at mpt0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da0: <ATA WD3000BLFS-23YBU 4V04> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da0: 300.000MB/s transfers
da0: Command Queueing Enabled
da0: 286102MB (585937500 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 36472C)
cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <Linux Virtual CD/DVD 0316> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
da1 at mpt0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0
da1: <ATA WD3000BLFS-23YBU 4V04> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da1: 300.000MB/s transfers
da1: Command Queueing Enabled
da1: 286102MB (585937500 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 36472C)
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
da2 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0
da2: <Linux Virtual Floppy 0316> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device
da2: 40.000MB/s transfers
da2: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
da3 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 1
da3: <Linux Virtual Floppy 0316> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device
da3: 40.000MB/s transfers
da3: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
 


Charles Owens
Great Bay Software