[LinuxBIOS] Slow and error prone bootstrap.

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 20.11.2007 23:48, Steve Isaacs wrote:
> I'm working with a two dual core Opteron (2218HE) motherboard using a
> new and currently unsupported chipset from Broadcom. During the early
> startup I'm seeing the messages I've included below. I know I have
> problems in my Config.lb for the board which is causing the complaint
> about static devices at the end but my question is regarding the section
> containing the fidvid timeout messages. Can someone help me out by
> providing a clue for what I can do to correct the problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> LinuxBIOS-2.0.0._xxxx_Fallback OBJ-XXXX-XX Tue Nov 20 14:32:28 PST
> 2007 starting...
> (0,1) link=01
> (1,0) link=01
> 02 nodes initialized.
> core0 started:  01
>   01 02 03SBLink=00
> NC node|link=00
> SMBus controller enabled
>
>
>
> INIT detected from  ---- {APICID = 00 NODEID = 00 COREID = 00} ---
>
> Issuing SOFT_RESET...
> (0,1) link=01
> (1,0) link=03
> 02 nodes initialized.
> core0 started:  01
> *01*00000001
> *02*00000001
> *03*00000001
> SBLink=00
> NC node|link=00
> SMBus controller enabled
> begin msr fid, vid 310a12120a120202
> fidvid_bsp_stage1: time out while reading from ap 02
> set fid failed for apicid =00
> fidvid_bsp_stage2: time out while reading from ap 02
> end   msr fid, vid 310a120a0a120202
> ht reset -
>   

Hm. Just a random thought: Why ap 02 and not 01?

Regards,
Carl-Daniel