Bug 103196 – Kernel wont boot unless i pass the irqpoll option [AMD64]

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX

[Description Lee Simpson 2005-08-20 16:37:29 UTC]

Hi,

My system was working fine until i updated the bios the latest version. Now when
 i boot the kernel, it complains about irq's and says something like 'noone
care's for irq 7' and halts.

I found passing the 'irqpoll' option via the bootloader corrects this problem.

I Wasn't sure if I should post a bug about this or if its a motherboard prob, so
if its not fixable then sorry in advance.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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AMD 64bit build using kernel version = sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r6 
MSI Neo 2 Plat (nvidia) motherboard

emerge info
Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1,
2.6.12-gentoo-r6 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.12
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.18-r1
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -fweb -frename-registers -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr//lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown
/usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown
/usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -fweb -frename-registers -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://maryjane.buzz-in.org.uk/gentoo-portage"
USE="amd64 X alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl divx
dvd dvdr eds encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gif gimpprint gnome gpm
gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde ldap
lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff mad motif mozilla mp3 mpeg multilib mysql ncurses nls
nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl pic png ppds python qt quicktime
readline real samba sdk sdl snmp spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts
usb userlocales vorbis xine xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux
elibc_glibc"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[Comment 1 Lee Simpson 2005-08-20 17:29:02 UTC]

Created attachment 66441 [details]
Kernel config file

[Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2005-08-21 03:36:24 UTC]

If you can reproduce this on vanilla-sources-2.6.13_rc6 then feel free to file a
bug at http://bugzilla.kernel.org including the full "nobody cared" report as
its possible that a quirk could be put in place. But you might just be told that
you have a buggy bios.