i have innstalled PCQuest linux 2006

after booting linux kernel it gives error:


kernel panic-not syncing:drivers/ide/pci/piix.c:232:spin-lock(drivers/ide/ide.c:c03de668) already locked by drivers/ide/ide-ops.c/1235(not tainted)

BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0!

Hi,

First: Please use a better title for your thread. kernel panic - soft lockup detected would have been much better.
Second: Do not use urgent. It's a reason for some to not even look at your thread. All people on this board answer threads voluntarily.

Ok, back to your question:

It looks like that there are 2 drivers 'fighting' for the same device. Try turning off one of the two. I think that you should turn off scsci emulation support.

BTW: pii points to an 'Intel chipset' and ide-ops.c points to 'scsi emulation support'

Hope this helps.

This what I'm saying depends on the kernel version in this case (which isn't clear to me as of now), but I'm pretty sure it uses a 2.6 kernel in which scsi-emulation is not needed anymore, and it's even recommended not to be used because it creates trouble Ok, it's not exactly what it says in the kernel config, but if it's rather new kernel, you can safely (and should) turn off SCSI emulation. In older kernels it was needed in some cases (such as getting IDE cd-rw drive to work, because programs wanted to use SCSI drives only), but nowadays it's not.

So...turn it off and see if that helps.

I've changed the thread title, so that it reflects the contents of the thread.

thanks for ur reply

i have one cdrom device and one dvd writer in my system;did it is the problem

but how do i turn off SCSI emulation support

Hi,

I do assume that kernel 2.6.x is used and not 2.4.x (2.6 doesn't need scsi emulation, 2.4 does).

I'm not familiar with PCQuest linux (I cannot even find it in distrowatch). It could be that you can choose from different kernels. If that is not the case you probably need to re-compile the kernel yourself.

There is one other thing you could try before re-compiling, although I doubt if it would work: Add 2 specific entries to your grub config. These entries roughly look like this:

hdd=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi

hdd should reflect your cd and/or hde your dvd.

The grub line you need to add this to looks something like this: kernel /boot/vmlinuz
If you are not sure what to put where, post your grub.conf file and the output of dmesg | grep hd.

After searching the net it seems that pcquest is a magazine, did it create its own linux distro or did it include another distro with its magazine? Maybe you should consider using a 'real' distro

Anyway, hope this gets you going again.

Thanks for ur support....but i try to experiment to rectify the problem

i have 2 h/d on primary IDE(IDE1) and one cd rom and a DVD WRITER ON OTHER IDE(IDE@).

i have Xp installed and it works but when i m trying to install PCQ linux 2006 or RHEL 4(kernel version 2.6.9.-34 EL) , it gives the error :

kernel panic-not syncing:drivers/ide/pci/piix.c:232:spin-lock(drivers/ide/ide.c:c03de668) already locked by drivers/ide/ide-ops.c/1235(not tainted)

BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0!

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now i removed second h/d and then install RHEL 4(kernel version 2.6.9.-34 EL)
i have successfully installed RHEL4 on my PC.

it all works..after that i attached my second harddisk


then booting on linux it gives

kernel panic-not syncing:drivers/ide/pci/piix.c:232:spin-lock(drivers/ide/ide.c:c03de668) already locked by drivers/ide/ide-ops.c/1235(not tainted)

BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0!

However i also have windows xp os installed on the m/c but it works fine ..with no problem

Whoa...! That's an amazing number of fonts and colors!

Start with the basics: recompile your entire kernel from scratch ("make clean") after checking that all of your configuration options are actually appropriate to your hardware. . .

If the configuration is "nonsense," and/or incorrectly-built, then the resultant behavior of that configuration is going to be ... "nonsense." And you simply must not waste too much time 'rationalizing' nonsense.

thanks but how do i recompile kernel from scratch to match my hardware configuration

Hi,

Maybe this will help: PCQuest Forums -> kernel panic - Resolved

If that works, no kernel re-compiling is needed.

PS: The PCQuest Forums seem to be a good source for PCQuest/PCLinux related questions

Hope this helps.

Thanks Draunna
it works;now problem is solved;it's a dma conflict; i append boot parameters as well as in config. file
thx very much