[Avila] avila gw 2348-4 hangs after reboot

[David Acker]

Sebastian G wrote:
> 2008/7/24 David Acker <dacker at roinet.com>:
>> Sebastian G wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>>    From time to time there is a problem with starting of a device (gw
>>> 2348-4) after reboot (reboot was caused by watchdog). On a serial
>>> console we can see messages like below:
>>>
>>> +No devices on IDE controller 0
>>> DB: (FeatureScan) NpeDl did not provide the image ID for NPE port 0
>>> DB: (FeatureScan) NpeDl did not provide the image ID for NPE port 1
>>> [warning] ixEthAccQMgrQueuesConfig: no queues configured, bailing out
>>> [warning] ixEthAccInit: queue config failed
>>> Error initialising Ethernet access driver!
>>> No network interfaces found
>>>
>>> RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROM]
>>> Gateworks certified release, version 2.02 - built 05:22:19, Mar  3 2006
>>>
>>> Platform: Gateworks Avila GW234X (XScale) BE
>>> Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Red Hat, Inc.
>>> Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Gateworks Corporation
>>>
>>> RAM: 0x00000000-0x04000000, [0x000298b0-0x03fc1000] available
>>> FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x51000000, 128 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each.
>>> == Executing boot script in 2.500 seconds - enter ^C to abort
>>>
>>>
>>> After that device just hungs and needs to be restarted manually.
>>> Does anyone had this problem before? This problem occurs only on few
>>> devices.
>> I have seen static cause this kind of issue.  Are you using the DS1819 or
>> the IXP watchdog?  The IXP watchdog does not reset everything in the system
>> like the DS1819.
>> -ack
>>
> 
> I'm using the ixp watchdog and I'm aware of that it does not reset
> everything. In that case, is it just another issue related to this
> watchdog?

I believe so.  In my case I believe that some piece of hardware (PCI 
connected radios perhaps) is left in a bad state and linux hangs as soon 
as it hits this hardware.  Perhaps it is even something lower level in 
the ixp board.  In any event, we found that our boards handled static 
much better (clean reboots) with the ds1819 as a watchdog (and R11 enabled).
-ack