[PlanetCCRMA] Re: More on SMP weirdness

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 15:14, Pablo Silva wrote:
> Hi Fernando...
> 
> Thanks for your answer.  I've been trying a couple of things with my 
> machine...
> 
> (Both mouse and keyboard are plugged in normally.)
> 
> I do see weird messages in the messages file in /var/log/
> 
> When the machine boots with an smp kernel, I seem to have a situation 
> where the mouse controller seems not to be able to initialize the PS/2 
> port: (I copy the corresponding part, but
> 
> > Feb  3 16:23:42 cuicatl kernel: ACPI: PS/2 Keyboard Controller [PS2K] 
> > at I/O 0x60, 0x64, irq 1
> > Feb  3 16:23:42 cuicatl kernel: ACPI: PS/2 Mouse Controller [PS2M] at 
> > irq 12
> > Feb  3 16:23:42 cuicatl kernel: Failed to disable AUX port, but 
> > continuing anyway... Is this a SiS?
> > Feb  3 16:23:42 cuicatl kernel: If AUX port is really absent please 
> > use the 'i8042.noaux' option.
> > Feb  3 16:23:42 cuicatl kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 
> > 12
> > Feb  3 16:23:42 cuicatl kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 
> > 1
> > Feb  3 16:23:42 cuicatl kernel: Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 
> > 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
> 
> .....(cut).... Later:
> 
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB 
> > HID core driver
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all 
> > mice
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: psmouse.c: Failed to reset mouse on 
> > isa0060/serio0
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on 
> > isa0060/serio0
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: psmouse.c: Failed to enable mouse on 
> > isa0060/serio0
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: md: md driver 0.90.1 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, 
> > MD_SB_DISKS=27
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: padlock: VIA PadLock not detected.
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 2
> > Feb  3 16:23:43 cuicatl kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 8192 
> > buckets, 128Kbytes
> 
> Nothing like this shows up in the corresponding messages file when I 
> boot non-smp. :
> 
> > Feb  3 16:42:58 cuicatl kernel: ACPI: PS/2 Mouse Controller [PS2M] at 
> > irq 12
> > Feb  3 16:42:58 cuicatl kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 
> > 12
> > Feb  3 16:42:58 cuicatl kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 
> > 1
> > Feb  3 16:42:58 cuicatl kernel: Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 
> > 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
> 
> So I would assume this has something to do either with things that 
> happen earlier in the startup sequence, which would block the 
> initialization of the port, or with the "serio" 
> routine/deamon/whatever-it-is
> 
> Any ideas on how to unblock this?

Not really. What is the hardware like? (processors, mobo - not that I
would know what to do with the info, looks like a very basic kernel
problem). 

You could try to boot without acpi support, for example, in the grub
boot command line add "acpi=off"

-- Fernando