Michael Lampe wrote: > Hi list, > > I've recently managed to install CentOS 4.4 on an Apple Mac Pro. > Functionality-wise everything works great, but when trying to benchmark > the system, I don't get stable runtimes, they differ by more than 30%. > For example a benchmark run with our PDE solving code takes between 500 > and 800 s on the completely unloaded machine. > > Suspicious kernel output (complete output attached): > > PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) > PCI: 0000:00:03.0: class 600 doesn't match header type 01. Ignoring class. > PCI: 0000:00:05.0: class 600 doesn't match header type 01. Ignoring class. > PCI: 0000:00:06.0: class 600 doesn't match header type 01. Ignoring class. > PCI: 0000:00:07.0: class 600 doesn't match header type 01. Ignoring class. > > and quite a bunch of > > APIC error on CPUx: 60(60). > > This is probably due to Apple's not quite perfect BIOS emulation code. > > According to /proc/cpuinfo the CPUs don't support any power managment, > cpuspeed isn't running or even configured, and they are always shown as > 2.66 GHz, which is correct. > > Anyone any idea? > > -Michael > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Bootdata ok (command line is ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet memmap=14G at 4G) > Linux version 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp (root at boskoop2.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de) (gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)) #1 SMP Sat Oct 7 19:54:12 CEST 2006 > BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > BIOS-e801: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable) > BIOS-e801: 0000000000100000 - 000000007eae0000 (usable) > ACPI: RSDP (v002 APPLE ) @ 0x00000000000fe020 > ACPI: XSDT (v001 APPLE Apple00 0x0000005c 0x01000013) @ 0x000000007f1281c0 > ACPI: ECDT (v001 APPLE Apple00 0x00000001 Loki 0x0000005f) @ 0x000000007ec7e000 > ACPI: FADT (v004 APPLE Apple00 0x0000005c Loki 0x0000005f) @ 0x000000007ebbf000 > ACPI: HPET (v001 APPLE Apple00 0x00000001 Loki 0x0000005f) @ 0x000000007ebbe000 > ACPI: MADT (v002 APPLE Apple00 0x00000000 Loki 0x0000005f) @ 0x000000007ebbc000 > ACPI: MCFG (v001 APPLE Apple00 0x00000001 Loki 0x0000005f) @ 0x000000007ebbb000 > ACPI: WDRT (v003 APPLE Apple00 0x00000001 Loki 0x0000005f) @ 0x000000007ebb8000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu0Cst 0x00003001 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007ebb7000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu0Ist 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007ebb6000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu1Cst 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007ebaa000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu1Ist 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba9000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu2Cst 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba8000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu2Ist 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba7000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu3Cst 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba6000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu3Ist 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba5000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu4Cst 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba4000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu4Ist 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba3000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu5Cst 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba2000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu5Ist 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba1000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu6Cst 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eba0000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu6Ist 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eb9f000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu7Cst 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eb9e000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef Cpu7Ist 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eb9d000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PmRef CpuPm 0x00003000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eb98000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 PCIRef Pci16118 0x00001000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007eb91000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 SataRe SataPri 0x00001000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007ede1000 > ACPI: SSDT (v001 SataRe SataSec 0x00001000 INTL 0x20050309) @ 0x000000007ede0000 > ACPI: DSDT (v001 APPLE Apple00 0x00010001 Loki 0x0000005f) @ 0x0000000000000000 > No NUMA configuration found > Faking a node at 0000000000000000-0000000480000000 > Bootmem setup node 0 0000000000000000-0000000480000000 > No mptable found. > On node 0 totalpages: 4718592 > DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1 > Normal zone: 4714496 pages, LIFO batch:16 > HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1 > DMI 2.4 present. > ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408 > ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000 > ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled) > Processor #0 6:15 APIC version 16 > ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled) > Processor #1 6:15 APIC version 16 > ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x07] enabled) > Processor #7 6:15 APIC version 16 > ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x06] enabled) > Processor #6 6:15 APIC version 16 > ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x00] disabled) > ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x05] lapic_id[0x00] disabled) > ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x06] lapic_id[0x00] disabled) > ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x07] lapic_id[0x00] disabled) > ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high level lint[0x1]) > ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high level lint[0x1]) > ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high level lint[0x1]) > ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high level lint[0x1]) > ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x04] high level lint[0x1]) > ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x05] high level lint[0x1]) > ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x06] high level lint[0x1]) > ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x07] high level lint[0x1]) > Setting APIC routing to flat > ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x08] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0]) > IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 8, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23 > ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl) > ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level) > ACPI: IRQ0 used by override. > ACPI: IRQ2 used by override. > ACPI: IRQ9 used by override. > ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base: 0xfed00000 > Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information > Allocating PCI resources starting at 80000000 (gap: 7eae0000:81520000) > Checking aperture... > Built 1 zonelists > Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet memmap=14G at 4G console=tty0 > Initializing CPU#0 > PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 131072 bytes) > time.c: Using 14.318180 MHz HPET timer. > time.c: Detected 2660.006 MHz processor. > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > Dentry cache hash table entries: 4194304 (order: 13, 33554432 bytes) > Inode-cache hash table entries: 2097152 (order: 12, 16777216 bytes) > Placing software IO TLB between 0x410d000 - 0x810d000 > Memory: 16374632k/18874368k available (2106k kernel code, 0k reserved, 1298k data, 204k init) > Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5323.65 BogoMIPS (lpj=2661825) > Security Scaffold v1.0.0 initialized > SELinux: Initializing. > SELinux: Starting in permissive mode > There is already a security framework initialized, register_security failed. > selinux_register_security: Registering secondary module capability > Capability LSM initialized as secondary > Mount-cache hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) > CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K > CPU: L2 cache: 4096K > using mwait in idle threads. > CPU0: Physical Processor ID: 0 > CPU0: Processor Core ID: 0 > CPU0: Initial APIC ID: 0 > ACPI: System reset via FADT Reset Register is supported > Using IO APIC NMI watchdog > CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K > CPU: L2 cache: 4096K > CPU0: Physical Processor ID: 0 > CPU0: Processor Core ID: 0 > CPU0: Initial APIC ID: 0 > CPU0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz stepping 06 > per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 865.66 usecs. > task migration cache decay timeout: 1 msecs. > Booting processor 1/1 rip 6000 rsp 1007ea05f58 > Initializing CPU#1 > Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5320.00 BogoMIPS (lpj=2660001) > CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K > CPU: L2 cache: 4096K > CPU1: Physical Processor ID: 0 > CPU1: Processor Core ID: 1 > CPU1: Initial APIC ID: 1 > Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz stepping 06 > Booting processor 2/7 rip 6000 rsp 1007ea3df58 > Initializing CPU#2 > Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5320.05 BogoMIPS (lpj=2660028) > CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K > CPU: L2 cache: 4096K > CPU2: Physical Processor ID: 3 > CPU2: Processor Core ID: 7 > CPU2: Initial APIC ID: 7 > Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz stepping 06 > Booting processor 3/6 rip 6000 rsp 1007ea73f58 > Initializing CPU#3 > Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 5320.05 BogoMIPS (lpj=2660026) > CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K > CPU: L2 cache: 4096K > CPU3: Physical Processor ID: 3 > CPU3: Processor Core ID: 6 > CPU3: Initial APIC ID: 6 > Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz stepping 06 > Total of 4 processors activated (21283.76 BogoMIPS). > activating NMI Watchdog ... done. > testing NMI watchdog ... OK. > Using local APIC timer interrupts. > Detected 20.781 MHz APIC timer. > checking TSC synchronization across 4 CPUs: passed. > Brought up 4 CPUs > time.c: Using HPET/TSC based timekeeping. > checking if image is initramfs... it is > NET: Registered protocol family 16 > PCI: Using configuration type 1 > PCI: Using MMCONFIG at d0000000 > mtrr: v2.0 (20020519) > ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040816 > ACPI: Found ECDT > ACPI: Interpreter enabled > ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing > ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00) > PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) > PCI: 0000:00:03.0: class 600 doesn't match header type 01. Ignoring class. > PCI: 0000:00:05.0: class 600 doesn't match header type 01. Ignoring class. > PCI: 0000:00:06.0: class 600 doesn't match header type 01. Ignoring class. > PCI: 0000:00:07.0: class 600 doesn't match header type 01. Ignoring class. > PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1.P1P2._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1.P1P2.P2P5._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0P1.P1P2.P2P3._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP04._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIB._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11) > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11) *3 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11) > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 5 7 *9 10 11) > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs *5 7 9 10 11) > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11) > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11) *0, disabled. > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11) > ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC] (gpe 17) > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.NRP4._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.SRP1._PRT] > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.SRP3._PRT] > usbcore: registered new driver usbfs > usbcore: registered new driver hub > PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing > GSI 16 sharing vector 0xA9 and IRQ 16 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:03.0[A]: no GSI - using IRQ 0 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A]: no GSI - using IRQ 0 > GSI 17 sharing vector 0xB1 and IRQ 17 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:06.0[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:07.0[A]: no GSI - using IRQ 0 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A]: no GSI - using IRQ 0 > GSI 18 sharing vector 0xB9 and IRQ 18 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 185 > GSI 19 sharing vector 0xC1 and IRQ 19 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 193 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1c.1[B] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1c.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 > GSI 20 sharing vector 0xC9 and IRQ 20 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1c.3[D] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 > GSI 21 sharing vector 0xD1 and IRQ 21 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 > GSI 22 sharing vector 0xD9 and IRQ 22 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 217 > GSI 23 sharing vector 0xE1 and IRQ 23 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.3[D] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 225 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 217 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 217 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 193 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:00.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:08:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:10:0b.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB) > IA32 emulation $Id: sys_ia32.c,v 1.32 2002/03/24 13:02:28 ak Exp $ > audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) > audit(1160580917.790:1): initialized > Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0 > VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 > Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes) > SELinux: Registering netfilter hooks > Initializing Cryptographic API > ksign: Installing public key data > Loading keyring > - Added public key AF261CA7E4C0C6EF > - User ID: CentOS (Kernel Module GPG key) > pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 > ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1) > ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports C1) > ACPI: Processor [CPU2] (supports C1) > ACPI: Processor [CPU3] (supports C1) > Real Time Clock Driver v1.12 > Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones > i8042.c: No controller found. > Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing enabled > RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize > divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device lo > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > ESB2: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 > ESB2: chipset revision 9 > ESB2: 100% native mode on irq 209 > ide0: BM-DMA at 0x30c0-0x30c7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0x30c8-0x30cf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio > Probing IDE interface ide0... > hda: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > Using cfq io scheduler > ide0 at 0x30e8-0x30ef,0x30fe on irq 209 > Probing IDE interface ide1... > Probing IDE interface ide1... > Probing IDE interface ide2... > Probing IDE interface ide3... > Probing IDE interface ide4... > Probing IDE interface ide5... > hda: ATAPI 32X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2000kB Cache, UDMA(66) > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 > APIC error on CPU0: 00(60) > APIC error on CPU0: 60(60) > APIC error on CPU0: 60(60) > ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide > usbcore: registered new driver hiddev > usbcore: registered new driver usbhid > drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 > NET: Registered protocol family 2 > IP route cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes) > TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes) > TCP bind hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes) > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 262144) > Initializing IPsec netlink socket > NET: Registered protocol family 1 > NET: Registered protocol family 17 > ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5) > ACPI wakeup devices: > P2P5 P2P3 RP04 ARPT UHC1 UHC2 UHC3 UHC4 EHCI AC9M EC NRP4 SRP1 SRP3 > Freeing unused kernel memory: 204k freed > SCSI subsystem initialized > libata version 1.20 loaded. > ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 1.05 > ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ] > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 217 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64 > ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x30D8 ctl 0x30F6 bmdma 0x3020 irq 217 > ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x30D0 ctl 0x30F2 bmdma 0x3028 irq 217 > ata1: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:346b 83:7d01 84:4023 85:3469 86:3c01 87:4023 88:207f > ata1: dev 0 ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 488397168 sectors: LBA48 > ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133 > scsi0 : ata_piix > ata2: SATA port has no device. > scsi1 : ata_piix > isa bounce pool size: 16 pages > Vendor: ATA Model: ST3250824AS P Rev: 3.BQ > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 > SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB) > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back > SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB) > SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back > sda: sda1 sda2 > Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > device-mapper: 4.5.0-ioctl (2005-10-04) initialised: dm-devel at redhat.com > cdrom: open failed. > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > SELinux: Disabled at runtime. > SELinux: Unregistering netfilter hooks > inserting floppy driver for 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp > floppy0: no floppy controllers found > Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.0.33-k2-NAPI > Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Intel Corporation. > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64 > e1000: 0000:05:00.0: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:Width x4) 00:17:f2:00:46:58 > divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0 > e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:00.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.1 to 64 > e1000: 0000:05:00.1: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:Width x4) 00:17:f2:00:46:59 > divert: allocating divert_blk for eth1 > e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 185 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64 > hw_random: RNG not detected > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:08:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:08:00.0 to 64 > NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86_64 Kernel Module 1.0-8774 Tue Aug 1 21:42:17 PDT 2006 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 > ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64 > ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 201, pci mem ffffff0000048800 > ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7 > ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2004-May-10 > hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found > hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected > USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2 > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 201, io base 00000000000030a0 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 > hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found > hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 209, io base 0000000000003080 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 > hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found > hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 217 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 217, io base 0000000000003060 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 > hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found > hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.3[D] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 225 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.3 to 64 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 225, io base 0000000000003040 > uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5 > hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found > hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected > md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. > md: autorun ... > md: ... autorun DONE. > usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using address 2 > hub 3-2:1.0: USB hub found > hub 3-2:1.0: 1 port detected > usb 3-2.1: new full speed USB device using address 3 > hub 3-2.1:1.0: USB hub found > hub 3-2.1:1.0: 3 ports detected > usb 3-2.1.1: new full speed USB device using address 4 > hub 3-2.1.1:1.0: USB hub found > hub 3-2.1.1:1.0: 3 ports detected > usb 3-2.1.3: new low speed USB device using address 5 > hiddev96: USB HID v1.00 Device [Studio Display] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2.1.3 > NET: Registered protocol family 10 > Disabled Privacy Extensions on device ffffffff804056c0(lo) > usb 3-2.1.1.1: new low speed USB device using address 6 > IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver > divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device sit0 > input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Primax Electronics Apple Optical USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2.1.1.1 > usb 3-2.1.1.3: new full speed USB device using address 7 > input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2.1.1.3 > input: USB HID v1.10 Device [Mitsumi Electric Apple Extended USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2.1.1.3 > drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found > drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found > ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] > EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal > device-mapper: dm-multipath version 1.0.4 loaded > APIC error on CPU1: 00(60) > cdrom: open failed. > APIC error on CPU1: 60(60) > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > Adding 2031608k swap on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01. Priority:-1 extents:1 > while this isnt directly connected / related to your query : people have had much success with centos under parallels, rather than running native.... Cant help you directly, with that query of yours, dont have the same sort of hardware :) -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq