Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-virtual (33 mails)

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > On 12.07.10 at 17:55, 0bo0 <0.bugs.only.0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  And for comparison the same with 2.6.34.1-2-xen ? On -default,
> > the messages clearly indicate that request_firmware() is failing on
> > that file (as expected), but the fact that Xen gets presented with
> > a firmware image at all requires that request_firmware() is not
> > failing as expected on -xen.
>
> since an update to 2.6.34.1-5-default, 2.6.34.1-5-xen, (re)providing both 
> cases:
>
> uname -a
>       Linux server 2.6.34.1-5-default #1 SMP 2010-07-10 08:18:53 +0200
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> egrep -i "amd|microcode" /var/log/*
> ...
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[    6.083093] ehci_hcd 0000:00:12.2: applying
> AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[    6.410162] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: applying
> AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[   70.915237] EDAC amd64_edac:  Ver: 3.3.0 Jul 11 
> 2010
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<5>[   70.927231] EDAC amd64: This node reports
> that Memory ECC is currently disabled, set F3x44[22] (0000:00:18.3).
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<5>[   70.949943] EDAC amd64: ECC disabled in the
> BIOS or no ECC capability, module will not load.
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<4>[   71.006870] amd64_edac: probe of 0000:00:18.2
> failed with error -22
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[  101.088689] microcode: CPU0: 
> patch_level=0x1000086
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[  101.100306] platform microcode: firmware:
> requesting amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<3>[  161.096370] microcode: failed to load file
> amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
> ...
> uname -a
>       Linux server 2.6.34.1-5-xen #1 SMP 2010-07-10 08:18:53 +0200 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> ...
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[    2.419834] ehci_hcd 0000:00:12.2: applying
> AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[    2.459433] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: applying
> AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[    9.565472] platform microcode: firmware:
> requesting amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
>       /var/log/boot.msg:<6>[    9.798936] microcode: Microcode Update
> Driver: v2.00-xen <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Oruba

The timing is completely different, and the log appears to confirm that
the loading of the file fails (as expected) on native, but doesn't on Xen.

Neither of the two I can explain without more detailed analysis. I
suggest opening a bug report, attaching the full native and Xen
boot.msg.

Jan

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