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npx(4) MATH_EMULATE and ArinfoTek Teak3011: AMD GEODE SBC LX-800 (fwd)




I suppose this is the more appropriate list. I've found reference to the Crypto Accelerator at:

http://www.amd.com/files/connectivitysolutions/geode/geode_lx/Patches_Linux2.6.11_Common_02.03.0100.patch

However, because Linux uses character devices and doesnt really provide the platform independent API of crypto(9), it's hard to tell if this is just an OEM of some other crypto accelerator IC (Intel/Via Possibly)

I looked over all of the ones supported in NetBSD and OpenBSD -- hifn(4), ises(4), lofn(4), noct(4), nofn(4), safe(4), ubsec(4) and it doesn't seem to mention Via/Intel OEM, so this may be new territory.

~BAS

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:35:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp%spiritual-machines.org@localhost>
To: port-i386%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: npx(4) MATH_EMULATE and ArinfoTek Teak3011: AMD GEODE SBC LX-800


FYI the dmesg(8) output from an excellent little AMD appliance I've been testing (below).

There are only two issues:

*) The AMD crypto accelerator isn't attaching (Advanced Micro Devices
   product 0x2082 (entertainment crypto) at pci0 dev 1
   function 2 not configured ...)

*) What's the story with AMD GEODE processors and Numeric Processing
   Extension coprocessor ? They're generally speaking "i586" chips,
   but this one appears to be mapping an npx(4) device at the ISA bus,
   but then fails to attach to it.  Perhaps it's just a dummy device?


   That brings MATH_EMULATE into question -- I presume this is software
   emulation of npx(4) when no npx(4) is present?

   I have to run a kernel with MATH_EMULATE enabled otherwise processes
   like mount_mfs(8) crash, but I dont want to leave it enabled if it's
   not a "fallback" option.

   That brings up interesting questions:

   - If MATH_EMULATE is present in a kernel with npx(4) enabled and probed
     on a booted system, which takes precidence?

   - Should this AMD GEODE be probing it's hardware npx(4) properly?
     Should I contact the hardware vendor?  Can I modify the npx(4) source
     code to continue gracefully even if the error reporting sanity check
     fails? npx.c at npxprobe1() ?

     ---
     npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: error reporting broken; not using
     ---

TIA,

~BAS

NetBSD 3.1_RC3 (CFRDMDROOT.MPACPI-$Revision: 1.21.4.5 $) #3: Sat Oct 14 00:31:15 EDT 2006

root@thunderwing:/home/nbsd/obj.i386/temp/sys/arch/i386/compile/CFRDMDROOT.MPACPI
total memory = 247 MB
avail memory = 223 MB
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xfaf00
mainbus0 (root)
    ACPI-0162: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not get RSDP, AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES
ACPI-0216: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not load tables: AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES
ACPI: unable to load tables: AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES
cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
cpu0: AMD K5 or K6 (586-class), 499.94 MHz, id 0x5a2
cpu0: features 88a93d<FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP>
cpu0: features 88a93d<PGE,CMOV,MPC,MMX>
cpu0: "Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS"
cpu0: I-cache 64 KB 32B/line 16-way, D-cache 64 KB 32B/line 16-way
cpu0: L2 cache 128 KB 32B/line 4-way
cpu0: ITLB 16 4 KB entries fully associative
cpu0: DTLB 16 4 KB entries fully associative
cpu0: 8 page colors
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0
pchb0: Advanced Micro Devices product 0x2080 (rev. 0x30)
vga0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1: Advanced Micro Devices product 0x2081 (rev. 0x00)
wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
Advanced Micro Devices product 0x2082 (entertainment crypto) at pci0 dev 1 function 2 not configured
pcib0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0
pcib0: Advanced Micro Devices product 0x2090 (rev. 0x02)
pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 2
pciide0: Advanced Micro Devices product 0x209a (rev. 0x01)
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present, but unused (no driver support)
pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
pciide0: primary channel ignored (other hardware responding at addresses)
pciide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
pciide0: secondary channel ignored (not responding; disabled or no drives?)
ohci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 4: Advanced Micro Devices product 0x2094 (rev. 0x02)
ohci0: interrupting at irq 7
ohci0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Advanced Micro OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
ehci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 5: Advanced Micro Devices product 0x2095 (rev. 0x02)
ehci0: interrupting at irq 7
ehci0: BIOS has given up ownership
ehci0: EHCI version 1.0
ehci0: companion controller, 4 ports each: ohci0
usb1 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: Advanced Micro EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: single transaction translator
uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
ppb0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0: unknown vendor 0x12d8 product 0x8140 (rev. 0x00)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
fxp0 at pci1 dev 12 function 0: i82550 Ethernet, rev 16
fxp0: interrupting at irq 5
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:14:b7:00:08:02
inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fxp1 at pci1 dev 13 function 0: i82550 Ethernet, rev 16
fxp1: interrupting at irq 11
fxp1: Ethernet address 00:14:b7:00:08:03
inphy1 at fxp1 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
inphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fxp2 at pci1 dev 14 function 0: i82550 Ethernet, rev 16
fxp2: interrupting at irq 10
fxp2: Ethernet address 00:14:b7:00:08:04
inphy2 at fxp2 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
inphy2: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fxp3 at pci0 dev 19 function 0: i82550 Ethernet, rev 16
fxp3: interrupting at irq 11
fxp3: Ethernet address 00:14:b7:00:08:01
inphy3 at fxp3 phy 1: i82555 10/100 media interface, rev. 4
inphy3: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
isa0 at pcib0
wdc0 at isa0 port 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14
atabus0 at wdc0 channel 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: error reporting broken; not using
isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
md0: internal 10500 KB image area
IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <SanDisk SDCFH-2048>
wd0: drive supports 4-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 1953 MB, 3970 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4001760 sectors
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
boot device: wd0
root on md0a dumps on md0b
root file system type: ffs
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)


l8*
        -lava (Brian A. Seklecki - Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
               http://www.spiritual-machines.org/

"...from back in the heady days when "helpdesk" meant nothing, "diskquota"
meant everything, and lives could be bought and sold for a couple of pages
of laser printout - and frequently were."



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