Re: qstor driver -> irq 193: nobody cared

From: Alberto Alonso
Date: Fri Nov 03 2006 - 15:24:47 EST

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 22:00 +0300, Sergey Vlasov wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:02:53 -0600 Alberto Alonso wrote:
>
> > I have a Pacific Digital qstor card on irq 193. I am using kernel
> > 2.6.17.13 SMP
> >
> >
> > irq 193: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
>
> Did you try this option? It may decrease performance, but in some cases
> IRQ routing is so screwed that only irqpoll helps.

I have now switched to using that option. Will kick in after I reboot.

> [...]
> > handlers:
> > [<c0301300>] (qs_intr+0x0/0x220)
> > Disabling IRQ #193
> [..]
> > If there is any other info that I should provide to help
> > troubleshoot please let me know.
>
> The "nobody cared" error is often caused by some other device which
> shares the same interrupt, but Linux does not know about it (either due
> to broken IRQ routing tables in BIOS, or because the driver for that
> device is not loaded, but the device really is active and asserts its
> IRQ line - sometimes this also happens due to a broken BIOS).
>
> Please post complete /proc/interrupts and lspci -v output, and also
> information about the motherboard model and BIOS version.
>

The system is an old Gateway 6400 server w/ dual P3 1 GHz PCUs. It is
my NFS/samba file server.

Here is the rest of the requested info:

w100:/usr/src/linux-2.6.17.13# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1
0: 1398199 1412518 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 1 8 IO-APIC-edge i8042
2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 3 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
14: 8163 8710 IO-APIC-edge ide0
15: 5 7 IO-APIC-edge ide1
145: 0 0 IO-APIC-level ivtv0
153: 94715 121999 IO-APIC-level ide2, ide3, ide4, ide5
161: 6909 18301 IO-APIC-level ide8, ide9
169: 8323 17288 IO-APIC-level ide6, ide7
185: 1216892 92 IO-APIC-level eth0
193: 2281 1954 IO-APIC-level libata
NMI: 0 0
LOC: 2810842 2810841
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
w100:/usr/src/linux-2.6.17.13# lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 06)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32

0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 06)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16

0000:00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
Subsystem: Intel Corp. 82559 Fast Ethernet LAN on Motherboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 177
Memory at feaff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at b000 [size=64]
Memory at fe800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Expansion ROM at fe700000 [disabled] [size=1M]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

0000:00:03.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 145
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:00:04.0 RAID bus controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT374 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Triones Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 120, IRQ 153
I/O ports at bf60 [size=8]
I/O ports at bf7c [size=4]
I/O ports at bf58 [size=8]
I/O ports at bf54 [size=4]
I/O ports at b400 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at fe960000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

0000:00:04.1 RAID bus controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT374 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Triones Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 120, IRQ 153
I/O ports at bf88 [size=8]
I/O ports at bf84 [size=4]
I/O ports at bf68 [size=8]
I/O ports at bf80 [size=4]
I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

0000:00:05.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT370 UDMA100
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 120, IRQ 161
I/O ports at bfa0 [size=8]
I/O ports at bf9c [size=4]
I/O ports at bf90 [size=8]
I/O ports at bf98 [size=4]
I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at fe980000 [disabled] [size=128K]

0000:00:06.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT370 UDMA100
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 120, IRQ 169
I/O ports at bff0 [size=8]
I/O ports at bfe4 [size=4]
I/O ports at bfa8 [size=8]
I/O ports at bfe0 [size=4]
I/O ports at c400 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at fe9a0000 [disabled] [size=128K]

0000:00:07.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 6400
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 64
Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
Memory at fe9ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at fe9c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2

0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 50)
Subsystem: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]

0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at fe9fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:01:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82543GC Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corp. PRO/1000 T Server Adapter
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 185
Memory at febc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at febb0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at feba0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

0000:01:03.0 0106: Pacific Digital Corp: Unknown device 2068 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Pacific Digital Corp: Unknown device 2068
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 193
I/O ports at eff0 [size=8]
I/O ports at efe0 [size=8]
I/O ports at efa8 [size=8]
I/O ports at efa0 [size=8]
Memory at febf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at febe0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] PCI-X non-bridge device.

0000:01:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1010 Ultra3 SCSI Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 1040
Flags: medium devsel
I/O ports at 1000 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at <ignored> (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
Memory at <ignored> (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

0000:01:05.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1010 Ultra3 SCSI Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000: Unknown device 1040
Flags: medium devsel
I/O ports at 1400 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at <ignored> (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
Memory at <ignored> (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2


Thanks,

Alberto

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Alberto Alonso Global Gate Systems LLC.
(512) 351-7233 http://www.ggsys.net
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