[Clonezilla-live] NVIDIA M2090 gpu and nouveau messages

[Paul V. A. <van...@ho...>]

Hi!
I have a pair of C1103 servers with two NVIDIA M2090 compute GPUs in each.
(http://www.sgi.com/products/servers/standard_depth/1u_intel_2p.html    C1103-TY12 )
I ran into an Oops message using clonezilla-live-1.2.8-23-amd64 so I upgraded to clonezilla-live-1.2.12-10-amd64 today.  I can 
now pxe backup & restore just fine.   I've used 1.2.8-23-amd64 for several months on older hardware without any problems and it 
wasn't until I installed the M2090 cards that the Oops happened.  Anyway, the reason I write is that I get repeating messages on 
the console like this:

[   73.575316] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   74.309436] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   83.565604] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   84.299664] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 48

I'm making the assumption that the Nouveau driver doesn't quite recognize the M2090 cards and is just grumpy and complaining.  
Since it is working, I'll just report this behavior as something to be aware of.

Here is the initial messages from dmsg


[   21.973986] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[   22.044913] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 24 (level, low) -> IRQ 24
[   22.066332] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   22.067402] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Detected an NVc0 generation card (0x0c8880a1)
[   22.088768] checking generic (f5000000 1000000) vs hw (c8000000 8000000)
[   22.088770] checking generic (f5000000 1000000) vs hw (c6000000 2000000)
[   22.091689] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN
[   22.122455] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
[   22.143366] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PROM
[   22.451914] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: ... appears to be valid
[   22.471826] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: BIT BIOS found
[   22.491131] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Bios version 70.10.46.00
[   22.510088] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: TMDS table version 2.0
[   22.528614] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 4.0
[   22.530805] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[   22.547317] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Raw DCB entry 0: 02000300 00000000
[   22.565930] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Raw DCB entry 1: 0000000e 00020030
[   22.584072] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DCB connector table: VHER 0x40 5 16 4
[   22.601893] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0:   0: 0x00000000: type 0x00 idx 0 tag 0xff
[   22.619752] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Adaptor not initialised, running VBIOS init tables.
[   22.638167] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0x723E
[   22.676465] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   22.694278] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 0x71B9: Failed parsing init table opcode: INIT_I2C_IF -19
[   22.712466] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   22.730703] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 0x720D: i2c bus not found
[   22.749174] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   22.767752] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 0x721D: i2c bus not found
[   22.786544] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   22.805441] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 0x7224: i2c bus not found
[   22.824102] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   22.842244] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 0x722B: i2c bus not found
[   22.860111] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   22.877495] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 0x7232: i2c bus not found
[   22.934534] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0x7900
[   22.975694] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   22.991703] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 0x8BBD: Failed parsing init table opcode: INIT_I2C_LONG_IF -19
[   23.023138] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0x8DF6
[   23.039274] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0x8E00
[   23.055078] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0x9074
[   23.070283] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table at offset 0x90D9
[   23.104977] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   23.119370] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 1 available performance level(s)
[   23.133526] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 0: core 50MHz shader 101MHz memory 135MHz timing 6
[   23.147986] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: c: core 50MHz shader 101MHz memory 135MHz voltage 890mV
[   23.167199] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 12368584 kiB.
[   23.181507] [TTM] Zone   dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB.
[   23.195625] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator.
[   23.209860] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Detected 5376MiB VRAM
[   23.224394] mtrr: type mismatch for c8000000,8000000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[   23.239627] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture)
[   23.446645] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[   23.462140] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query.
[   23.477982] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   23.538082] No connectors reported connected with modes
[   23.553919] [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes - going 1024x768
[   23.570785] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x1e0000, bo ffff880631506000
[   23.587208] checking generic (f5000000 1000000) vs hw (c8000000 8000000)
[   23.587209] checking generic (f5000000 1000000) vs hw (c6000000 2000000)
[   23.587332] fb1: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[   23.603662] drm: registered panic notifier
[   23.619805] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.16 20090420 for 0000:02:00.0 on minor 0
[   23.619825] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 30 (level, low) -> IRQ 30
[   23.619829] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   23.620968] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Detected an NVc0 generation card (0x0c8880a1)
[   23.620973] checking generic (f5000000 1000000) vs hw (d8000000 8000000)
[   23.620975] checking generic (f5000000 1000000) vs hw (d6000000 2000000)
[   23.624057] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN
[   23.633751] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
[   23.633753] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PROM
[   23.920160] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: ... appears to be valid
[   23.938086] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: BIT BIOS found
[   23.955932] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Bios version 70.10.46.00
[   23.973904] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: TMDS table version 2.0
[   23.991884] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 4.0
[   24.010139] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Raw DCB entry 0: 02000300 00000000
[   24.010141] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Raw DCB entry 1: 0000000e 00020030
[   24.010143] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DCB connector table: VHER 0x40 5 16 4
[   24.010145] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0:   0: 0x00000000: type 0x00 idx 0 tag 0xff
[   24.010159] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Adaptor not initialised, running VBIOS init tables.
[   24.010161] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0x723E
[   24.030207] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   24.030209] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0x71B9: Failed parsing init table opcode: INIT_I2C_IF -19
[   24.030211] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   24.030212] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0x720D: i2c bus not found
[   24.030213] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   24.030215] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0x721D: i2c bus not found
[   24.030216] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   24.030217] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0x7224: i2c bus not found
[   24.030219] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   24.030220] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0x722B: i2c bus not found
[   24.030221] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   24.030222] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0x7232: i2c bus not found
[   24.070364] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0x7900
[   24.094867] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   24.094869] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0x8BBD: Failed parsing init table opcode: INIT_I2C_LONG_IF -19
[   24.094871] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0x8DF6
[   24.094877] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0x8E00
[   24.095003] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0x9074
[   24.095007] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table at offset 0x90D9
[   24.114869] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 51
[   24.114870] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 1 available performance level(s)
[   24.114873] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0: core 50MHz shader 101MHz memory 135MHz timing 6
[   24.114957] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: c: core 50MHz shader 101MHz memory 135MHz voltage 890mV
[   24.119858] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Detected 5376MiB VRAM
[   24.119862] mtrr: type mismatch for d8000000,8000000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[   24.119874] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture)
[   24.310393] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[   24.310395] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query.
[   24.310400] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   24.354939] No connectors reported connected with modes
[   24.354941] [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes - going 1024x768
[   24.355850] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x1e0000, bo ffff8806328ce400
[   24.355852] checking generic (f5000000 1000000) vs hw (d8000000 8000000)
[   24.355854] checking generic (f5000000 1000000) vs hw (d6000000 2000000)
[   24.356044] fb2: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[   24.356050] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.16 20090420 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 1
[   25.041780] mdadm: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition!
[   25.057908] mdadm: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition!
[   25.057915] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[   25.057916] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[   25.058246] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[   25.058249] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[   25.058465] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[   25.058468] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[   25.058667] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[   25.058670] mdadm: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[   26.009909] fuse init (API version 7.17)
[   26.109278] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled
[   26.156161] SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
[   26.197337] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
[   27.153671] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
[   27.187493] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[   27.204355] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[   27.220451] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
[   27.311447] FS-Cache: Loaded
[   27.364775] FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
[   27.395278] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 ok...@mo...).
[   33.614269] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   34.348382] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   43.604536] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   44.338589] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
[   53.594800] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: unknown i2c port 48


Here is my default boot menu options and the scripts behind it...

 From /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default :
LABEL backup
MENU LABEL backup
   kernel clonenbi
   append initrd=nbi_img/initrd.img boot=live live-config noswap nolocales noprompt edd=on ocs_prerun="mount -t nfs 
192.168.12.102:/home /mnt" ocs_prerun1="mount --bind /mnt/partimag /home/partimag" ocs_live_run="bash 
/home/partimag/clonebucompute11.bash" ocs_live_batch="yes" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_keymap="NONE" ocs_lang="en_US.UTF-8" 
ocs_daemonon="ssh" vga=788 nosplash fetch=tftp://192.168.11.102/nbi_img/filesystem.squashfs

LABEL restore
MENU LABEL restore
  kernel clonenbi
  append initrd=nbi_img/initrd.img boot=live live-config noswap nolocales noprompt textonly edd=on ocs_prerun1="sleep 4" 
ocs_prerun2="mount -t nfs 192.168.12.102:/home /mnt" ocs_prerun3="mount --bind /mnt/partimag /home/partimag" ocs_live_run="bash 
/home/partimag/clonerstcompute11.bash" ocs_live_batch="yes" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_keymap="NONE" 
ocs_lang="en_US.UTF-8" ocs_daemonon="ssh" vga=788 nosplash fetch=tftp://192.168.11.102/nbi_img/filesystem.squashfs


# cat /home/partimag/clonebucompute11.bash
#!/bin/bash
#MENU LABEL Clonezilla Live
script -c /home/partimag/clonebackupcompute11.bash  /home/partimag/`hostname -I | cut -d" " -f1`.txt
exit

# cat /home/partimag/clonebackupcompute11.bash
#!/bin/bash
#MENU LABEL Clonezilla Live Backup Compute Node
. /opt/drbl/sbin/drbl-conf-functions
. /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-functions
. /etc/ocs/ocs-live.conf
if mountpoint /home/partimag/ &>/dev/null; then
   /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-sr -q2 -b -j2  -z1p -i 2000 -p /home/partimag/rm_pxe_link11 savedisk compute-node sda
else
   [ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_FAILURE
   echo "Fail to find the Clonezilla image home /home/partimag!"
   echo "Program terminated!"
   [ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_NORMAL
fi
exit

# cat /home/partimag/rm_pxe_link11
#!/bin/sh
mkdir /media/pxe
mount -t nfs 192.168.12.102:/tftpboot /media/pxe
rm -f "/media/pxe/pxelinux.cfg/`/home/partimag/iphex eth0`"
cd /
umount /media/pxe
umount /home/partimag
umount /mnt
init 6


Many thanks for the great software!
Cheers,
Paul