[MSI 760GM-E51] SP5100 TCO timer: mmio address 0xfec000f0 already in use -> system failed to boot

[Sasa Paporovic]

I am on Ubuntu12.04 Precise 64bit. This error occures the first time with a fresh seted up dual boot solution with Ubuntu12.10 64bit , which provided the grub2 2.0 bootloader which acting here. First install Ubuntu12.04 Precise 64bit than install Ubuntu12.10 Quantal 64bit to the same harddisk and use the grub2 2.0 bootloader from Quantal.

On system start Ubuntu12.04 from grub2 2.0 bootloader menu the system was not able to start.
The console output during booting shows a "mmio adress is already in use". The Ubuntu12.04 system does not complete it's boot sequence and went back to grub2 2.0 bootmenu. A second try from there with the 12.04 system gave a successfull system start.

An investigation in the kernel log of 12.04 shows:
Sep 23 17:37:32 userHost12041 kernel: [ 6.062901] SP5100 TCO timer: SP5100 TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v0.01
Sep 23 17:37:32 userHost12041 kernel: [ 6.062970] SP5100 TCO timer: mmio address 0xfec000f0 already in use

Before setting up the dual boot solution with Ubuntu12.10 Quantal 64bit this error never occure on a pure 12.04 Precise 64bit solution.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-31-generic 3.2.0-31.50
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: user 1792 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: user 1792 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe9f4000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0889,14627596,00100004'
   Controls : 46
   Simple ctrls : 22
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeabc000 irq 45'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 6
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
CurrentDmesg: [ 51.994157] type=1400 audit(1348418317.653:27): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=1 profile="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" name="/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/" pid=1939 comm="mission-control" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
Date: Sun Sep 23 18:50:32 2012
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=6f5a97b9-b11c-48a2-b72c-03d710210a8d
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7596
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no username)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-31-generic root=UUID=30ea58b3-1f67-4f6c-814f-463a17e3c831 ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-31-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-31-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.1
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/03/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V1.8
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 760GM -E51 (MS-7596)
dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.8:bd09/03/2010:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-7596:pvr1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rn760GM-E51(MS-7596):rvr1.0:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7596
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.6 kernel[0] (Not a kernel in the daily directory) and install both the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages.

Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. Please only remove that one tag and leave the other tags. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text.

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.
Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.6-rc7-quantal/

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

I have installed kernel 3.6 rc7 on both Ubuntu versions.

The kernel start with Ubuntu 12.04 gives the same result, but a bit worser:

Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.060991] wmi: Mapper loaded
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.193586] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.366410] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.513641] MCE: In-kernel MCE decoding enabled.
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.522443] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000b00-0x0000000000000b07 SystemIO conflicts with Region \SOR1 1 (20120711/utaddress-251)
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.522462] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.529414] EDAC MC: Ver: 3.0.0
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.550174] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x010000bf
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.742983] sp5100_tco: SP5100 TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v0.01
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.743052] sp5100_tco: mmio address 0xfec000f0 already in use
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.843215] AMD64 EDAC driver v3.4.0
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.843259] EDAC amd64: DRAM ECC disabled.
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.843265] EDAC amd64: ECC disabled in the BIOS or no ECC capability, module will not load.
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.843265] Either enable ECC checking or force module loading by setting 'ecc_enable_override'.
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.843265] (Note that use of the override may cause unknown side effects.)
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.870190] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.897436] microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.897488] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x010000bf
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.898481] microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.898537] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x010000bf
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.899673] microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.899729] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x010000bf
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.900799] microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.900853] microcode: CPU4: patch_level=0x010000bf
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.901930] microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.902004] microcode: CPU5: patch_level=0x010000bf
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.903012] microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
Sep 29 13:05:58 userHost12041 kernel: [ 7.903105] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <email address hidden>, Peter Oruba

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

grub2 is brought to the latest updates before test, from Quantal repositories.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

This issue appears to be an upstream bug, since you tested the latest upstream kernel. Would it be possible for you to open an upstream bug report[0]? That will allow the upstream Developers to examine the issue, and may provide a quicker resolution to the bug.

If you are comfortable with opening a bug upstream, It would be great if you can report back the upstream bug number in this bug report. That will allow us to link this bug to the upstream report.

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel

[Davias (davias)]

Upgraded yesterday from 10.04 lts amd64 to 12.04 lts and 64 on my 5 years working perfectly system. I got everything well except the above error, which appear at the splash screen before login - splash is non graphical as I have installed ATI proprietary drivers, upgraded OK during the advance to 12.04.

The error does not seem to couse any misbheaviour execpt from the CD burner tray opens by itself after a minute or so after the boot, login or not. Nothing hard, but still not a perfect system as it used to be...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Davias (davias)]

update: "Hardware watchdog driver for the AMD/ATI SP5100 chipset. The TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) timer is a watchdog timer that will reboot the machine after its expiration. The expiration time can be configured with the "heartbeat" parameter." To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sp5100_tco.

...so it is something we can live without

lsmod | grep sp # to see running module: sp5100_tco running, so...
in file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-custom added the line
blacklist sp5100_tco
# so the module does not get loaded ...and seems to solve the CD tray problem too...!

[Davias (davias)]

Update 2: No, the CD tray keeps opening unexpectedly ! Arghh...

[e X t 7 3 (ext73)]

You should use this patch > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1309571/ ... I`m using it on my kernels and SP5100 TCO working good.

dmesg:

Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Linux version 3.6.6-ext73-f1-21.2-k8-ags-cfs (root@ext73-stacjonarka) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #2 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 5 21:24:55 CET 2012
Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.6-ext73-f1-21.2-k8-ags-cfs root=UUID=ec8bebfb-0d1f-4be7-809a-e99c33e16676 ro pcie_aspm=force acpi_osi=Linux acpi_enforce_resources=lax quiet splash vt.handoff=7
KERNEL supported cpus:
  Intel GenuineIntel
  AMD AuthenticAMD
...

wmi: Mapper loaded
input: A4Tech PS/2+USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input3
hid-generic 0003:09DA:000E.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [A4Tech PS/2+USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:13.1-2/input0
sp5100_tco: SP5100/SB800 TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v0.03
sp5100_tco: PCI Revision ID: 0x14
sp5100_tco: Using 0xfed45000 for watchdog MMIO address
sp5100_tco: Watchdog reboot not detected
sp5100_tco: initialized (0xffffc900100f2000). heartbeat=60 sec (nowayout=0, force_addr=0x0)
microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x010000c8
microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x010000c8
microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x010000c8
microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <email address hidden>, Peter Oruba
mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
MCE: In-kernel MCE decoding enabled.
EDAC MC: Ver: 3.0.0
AMD64 EDAC driver v3.4.0

greetings

[Peter Mertz (frottier)]

I can see the error message, but my system still boots fine.

Scenario is:

1. installed Ubuntu 12.04
2. installed Ubuntu Studio 12.04 => overrides GRUB from 1.
3. message shows during Boot (which looks like text-mode only).

[aisyk (aisyk-neuf)]

I have exactly the same bug.

1. 12.04
2. Boot but blocking during boot (text mode only)
3. I must go to an another X console (CTRL+ALT+1) to kill lightdm et have my session.

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

So, the upstream reporting task is still undone by me. Could anybody else to the challenge following the advise by

comments #2 (adapted to the latest kernel version 3.9.x I guess)

and followed by

comment #5

Please give after this the http of the upstream report back..

Many thanks

melchiaros

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Sasa Paporovic, as per http://us.msi.com/product/mb/760GM-E51.html#/?div=BIOS an update is available for your BIOS (1.A). If you update to this, does it change anything?

If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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