[SOLVED] New acpiphp_ibm error in kernel > 3.13

mostlyharmless · 07-13-2014, 10:41 AM

Not sure if this belongs in this subforum or not, but I usually run a non-slackware, kernel; download from kernel.org, build it according to alien's page with the current config, usually with a few non-standard patches from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=162768&p=1

None of that is necessarily a problem, but I have noticed that when I went from kernel 3.13.2 to 3.15.1 that I got a delay at the boot screen with the penguins, with a boot message:

Code:

[    1.130721] acpiphp_ibm: ibm_acpiphp_init: acpi_walk_namespace failed

The problem persists in kernel 3.15.5. I never did build the 3.14 series, so I'm not sure about those. The error occurs without the kvm-vfio patches, with the code straight from kernel.org and slackware's generic config, accepting the defaults on the new options.

These are my kernel options

Code:

ro pci-stub.ids=1002:6798,1002:aaa0 intel_iommu=pt vga=normal nomodereset

At this point it is only apparently slightly annoying and transiently cosmetic, but it'd be nice to know what's going on in the new kernels

Didier Spaier · 07-13-2014, 12:03 PM

Hmm... It never hurts to search the answer in old threads

mostlyharmless · 07-13-2014, 03:24 PM

Yes, I saw that, but it's years old, and this occurred with a recent change in kernel from 3.13.2 to 3.15.1 with no change in the config; unless one of the new options in kernel 3.15 was a new ACPI Config option that I missed. I'll look at the kernel config again to see if I can spot it.

mostlyharmless · 07-13-2014, 03:40 PM

OK, following your idea, I ran cat .config | grep ACPI on both the old .config and the new one and then ran diff and got

Code:

CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=y
---
> # CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER is not set
26a27
> # CONFIG_ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE_ONLY is not set
43a45
> # CONFIG_ACPI_INT3403_THERMAL is not set

The first option was deprecated and I can only assume for some reason "make oldconfig" changed it without my noticing. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Didier Spaier · 07-13-2014, 03:50 PM

To add a useless remark (I like to do that at times :-) you could have typed as well "grep ACPI .config" that is slightly faster. But as long as there's no shortage of pipes...

mostlyharmless · 07-19-2014, 02:44 PM

Hmm, I checked the ACPI settings, recompiled, and the problem persists. No error with 3.13.2; Error with 3.15. Any other ideas?

keefaz · 07-19-2014, 03:11 PM

Maybe try compiling the kernel without ACPI PCI Hotplug driver
You don't need to hotplug PCI using ACPI, do you ?

Bus options (PCI etc) > Support for PCI hotplug

mostlyharmless · 07-19-2014, 08:58 PM

I guess, but all of the options were in the previous kernel build, built the same way. I think I'm on kernel compile #4 or #5 at this point with different variations... and then I've got to recompile the NVIDIA driver too. Yes, I'm whining. Still, I think the ACPI code has changed significantly and is failing (or at least stalling) on my hardware for some reason.

Here's grep ACPI .config for kernel 3.15.5

Code:

# Power management and ACPI options
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC_DEBUGFS=m
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m
CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=m
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_IPMI=m
CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_INITRD_TABLE_OVERRIDE=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI_SLOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SBS=m
CONFIG_ACPI_HED=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BGRT=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE_ONLY is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_GHES=y
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_EINJ=m
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_ERST_DEBUG=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_EXTLOG is not set
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=m
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI_IBM=y
CONFIG_PNPACPI=y
CONFIG_ATA_ACPI=y
CONFIG_PATA_ACPI=y
# ACPI drivers
CONFIG_GPIO_ACPI=y
# ACPI drivers
CONFIG_SENSORS_ACPI_POWER=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_INT3403_THERMAL is not set
CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_ACPI=m
CONFIG_DMA_ACPI=y
CONFIG_XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_QUICKSTART=m
CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI=m
CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_ALSA_SUPPORT=y
# CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUGFACILITIES is not set
# CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_UNSAFE_LEDS is not set
CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO=y
CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_HOTKEY_POLL=y
CONFIG_ACPI_WMI=m
CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_ACPI_CMPC=m

and here's for 3.13.2

Code:

# Power management and ACPI options
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC_DEBUGFS=m
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m
CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=m
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=m 
CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_IPMI=m
CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU=y  
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_INITRD_TABLE_OVERRIDE=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI_SLOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_MEMORY=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SBS=m
CONFIG_ACPI_HED=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BGRT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI=y   
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_GHES=y
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_PCIEAER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_EINJ=m
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_ERST_DEBUG=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_EXTLOG is not set
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=m
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI_IBM=y
CONFIG_PNPACPI=y
CONFIG_ATA_ACPI=y
CONFIG_PATA_ACPI=y
# ACPI drivers
CONFIG_GPIO_ACPI=y
# ACPI drivers
CONFIG_SENSORS_ACPI_POWER=m
CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_ACPI=m
CONFIG_DMA_ACPI=y
CONFIG_XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_QUICKSTART=m
CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI=m
CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_ALSA_SUPPORT=y
# CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUGFACILITIES is not set
# CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_UNSAFE_LEDS is not set
CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO=y
CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_HOTKEY_POLL=y
CONFIG_ACPI_WMI=m
CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m
CONFIG_ACPI_CMPC=m

and here's diff

Code:

4c4
< CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER=y
---
> CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS=y
11c11
< # CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK is not set
---
> CONFIG_ACPI_DOCK=y
27d26
< # CONFIG_ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE_ONLY is not set
45d43
< # CONFIG_ACPI_INT3403_THERMAL is not set

You can see they renamed the deprecated ACPI_PROCFS option. I tried removing the DOCK option on a previous compile; it made no difference.

allend · 07-19-2014, 10:00 PM

Quote:

ro pci-stub.ids=1002:6798,1002:aaa0 intel_iommu=pt vga=normal nomodereset

I have no experience with this, but my reading suggests that perhaps your kernel parameters should read

Code:

ro pci-stub.ids=1002:6798,1002:aaa0 intel_iommu=on iommu=pt vga=normal nomodereset

keefaz · 07-20-2014, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mostlyharmless

I guess, but all of the options were in the previous kernel build, built the same way. I think I'm on kernel compile #4 or #5 at this point with different variations... and then I've got to recompile the NVIDIA driver too. Yes, I'm whining. Still, I think the ACPI code has changed significantly and is failing (or at least stalling) on my hardware for some reason.

What is wrong with my suggestion, do you really need to plug and unplug PCI cards while the system is up and running?

mostlyharmless · 07-20-2014, 03:25 PM

Nothing is wrong with it; it just hasn't changed since kernel 3.13.2's config, so I'm not sure how that can be the issue. As to whether I need to hotplug PCI, well, I do passthrough one of my video cards to a VM, so I'm not sure whether that counts. I can try a recompile.

See http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/How_to...th_VT-d_in_KVM

@allend: IOMMU=pt vs on has to do with passthrough issues; usually either works

mostlyharmless · 07-20-2014, 06:53 PM

@keefaz OK, removed all PCI hotplug references, recompiled. There's still a delay compared to kernel 3.13.2, but the ugly acpi message is gone, and my passthrough still works, so I guess this is SOLVED, thanks.