dma_base is invalid

[Alberto Ferrante]

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Hi all,

I have just installed a new PC and I have some problems with the last
FC6 kernel (2.6.19-1.2895.fc6).

At boot time the kernel prints the following error message:
JMB361 dma_base is invalid.

After a while it also complains about USB devices:
usb 3-2: device not accepting address 2, error -71

The main problem is that after some minutes from the boot the PC starts
to freeze and than go back to normal. It does this let's say once every
minute. The /var/log/messages reports the following message (repeated
every couple of seconds):
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel: hde: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel: hde: drive not ready for command

Also, when you try to insert an USB device (e.g., a drive) the PC
freezes for some seconds and the /var/log/message reports the following
message:
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1!
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:  [<ffffffff8026999a>] show_trace+0x34/0x47
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:  [<ffffffff802699bf>] dump_stack+0x12/0x17
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:  [<ffffffff802b6c92>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xf6
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:  [<ffffffff80293bdb>]
update_process_times+0x42/0x68
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:  [<ffffffff802749d9>]
smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x34/0x55
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:  [<ffffffff8027508d>]
smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x51/0x69
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:  [<ffffffff8025ccf6>]
apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x70
Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel:  [<00002aaaaad3ad83>]

There seems to be problems with the IDE cd-rom (SATA HD is working just
fine). I guess this problems are related to the "dma_base" message.

Kernel 2.6.18 seems to behave better (same error with USB devices, but
no "dma_base" error and no freezes).

The system is based on a Core 2 duo processor and a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
motherboard (Intel controller). Here follows the result of a lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub
(rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port
(rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
#4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
#5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
#2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
#1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
#2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI
#3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI
#1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port
SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
(rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port
SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7300 GS
(rev a1)
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363
AHCI Controller (rev 02)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363
AHCI Controller (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 22)

Any help will be higly appreciated. Thank you.

Regards,
    Alberto

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[Alan Cox]

> At boot time the kernel prints the following error message:
> JMB361 dma_base is invalid.

The BIOS for some reason didn't assign resources to the IDE DMA base
register, which should not be fatal in itself (it'll switch th PIO
modes)
> After a while it also complains about USB devices:
> usb 3-2: device not accepting address 2, error -71

Thats usually IRQ routing problems
> The main problem is that after some minutes from the boot the PC starts
> to freeze and than go back to normal. It does this let's say once every
> minute. The /var/log/messages reports the following message (repeated
> every couple of seconds):
> Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel: hde: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
> Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Jan 25 16:28:33 bart kernel: hde: drive not ready for command

Your disk on hde went for a walk.

Can you send me an lspci -vvxxx for both kernels please, and a dmesg (off
list)

Alan