FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE boot freeze when calibrating clock.

[Andriy Gapon]

on 22/09/2009 16:48 kama said the following:
> 
> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> 
>> on 22/09/2009 11:35 kama said the following:
>>> Ok.
>>>
>>> I added KDB DDB and ACPI_DEBUG to the kernel and it then boots but with
>>> this error:
>>>
>>> ---- snip ----
>>> Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0ed3000.
>>> Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0ed31d8.
>>> link_elf: symbol AcpiDmDumpMethodInfo undefined
>>> KLD file acpi.ko - could not finalize loading
>>> Calibrating clock(s) ... i8254 clock: 1193120 Hz
>>> CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency
>>> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
>>> Calibrating TSC clock ... TSC clock: 2605923359 Hz
>>> CPU: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 285 (2605.92-MHz 686-class CPU)
>>> ---- snap ----
>>>
>>> What else can I do to help you to figure this out?
>>
>> This is a very strange error.
>> Did you install a binary distribution or did build your kernel from sources?
>> >From your demsg I think that it is the latter.
>> And I believe that your source tree may be damaged somehow.
>> Please try again with a clean checkout from (- this is important -) a known good
>> place, some cvsup mirrors have been known to serve inconsistent sources.
> 
> I have now changed from cvsup.dk.freebsd.org to cvsup.freebsd.org with no
> luck.
> 
> These are the steps I do (and have done for ages):
> # cd /usr/src
> # make clean cleandir
> # cd ..
> # rm -rf src/* obj/*
> # cd
> # csup stable-supfile-7
> # cd /usr/src
> # make buildworld
> # make buildkernel
> # make installkernel
> # mergemaster -p
> # make installworld
> # mergemaster -U -i
> # reboot
> 
> I see that there are a newer BIOS on the HP homepage for this DL385. I
> will try to update the BIOS later this week.
> 
> The servers are not up to be in production until early november, so there
> are some time to test things.
> 

I specifically meant this message:
link_elf: symbol AcpiDmDumpMethodInfo undefined

$ glimpse AcpiDmDumpMethodInfo
/usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/dmobject.c:  * FUNCTION:    AcpiDmDumpMethodInfo
/usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/dmobject.c: AcpiDmDumpMethodInfo (
/usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/dsmethod.c:         AcpiDmDumpMethodInfo (Status,
WalkState, WalkState->Op);
/usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/acdisasm.h: AcpiDmDumpMethodInfo (

So this function is both defined and used only inside acpi code (vendor part of it).
The error you get does not seem to be a run-time condition.
It seems to be a system build/install issue (and it looks like the issue is unique
to you).
I am almost out of guesses, maybe you have stale acpi.ko module in some modules
directory.

Hmm, one last idea - maybe you have something like "build modules with world"
option and also perhaps ACPI_DEBUG is defined somewhere?
It could be that something gets out of sync with respect to ACPI_DISASSEMBLER macro.
Output of the following command may be useful:
$ nm -A /boot/kernel/* | fgrep AcpiDmDumpMethodInfo

Could you please try investigating this? Maybe even include acpi into kernel?

-- 
Andriy Gapon