AMM (sga_target) vs Linux HugePages

I was told by the Redhat Linux engineer that Linux HugePages cannot be used with AMM (sga_target) on Oracle 10g or 11g?
I would prefer to use AMM.
Which is better - using AMM (sga_target) or using Linux HugePages?

Dude wrote:
There might be some confusion. The OP talks about AMM, which is not SGA_TARGET instance parameter.
SGA_TARGET=Automatic Shared Memory Managment (ASMM)
MEMORY_TARGET=Automatic Memory Management (AMM)
Totally missed that, thanks. Edit: But of course, the OP also talked about an ambiguous range of versions "10g to 11g."
Regarding the Oracle recommendation, I had this in memory, but just looked up my OCP study material and found Page 13-10 of Oracle 11g OCA Workshop 1. Note: Oracle recommends that you use Automatic Memory Management to simply memory management tasks.Fair enough, though in my opinion anything for OCA is the party line, and by that I mean you can't tell if it is marketing BS or what a smart person would recommend for the general case, and whether it will apply to the OP case. Other people may have far lower opinions. And even if it is in the docs - well, I know I'm not the only one who's thrown out a lot of inappropriate MTS.
>
My opinion about the situation is: Try AMM first to see if it works. Saving server resources may be a valid concern, but memory is not as precious as it used to be in the past. Ease of use might be considered more important. I think there were some problems with AMM in early releases of 11g, but it's hopefully all fixed by now.Agree with that. Linux with large memory configuration decisions are perhaps something not to be done by newbie OCA's without testing site-specific requirements.
Edited by: jgarry on Jul 22, 2011 9:27 AM

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    {code}
    Backup "fstab" and add the UUID of the partition. The "tr" command remove the quotes:
    {code}
    cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_`date +%N`
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    uuid=`echo $uuid | tr -d '\042'`
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    {code}
    The UUID is a unique number and should look similar to:
    {code}
    UUID=d1db753e-b5dd-4a4c-a61e-259c69867b58
    {code}
    Restart the system:
    {code}
    reboot
    {code}
    Verify the success:
    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    # Required-Stop:     \$remote_fs \$syslog
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    # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
    exit
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    {code}
    Stopping script /etc/init.d/oracle-mount
    /dev/sdb1
    ls: cannot access /u01: No such file or directory
    Starting script /etc/init.d/oracle-mount
    /dev/sdb1
    Mount /dev/sdb1 success
    lost+found
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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        exit 1
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    # Provides:          oracle-shm
    # Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
    # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
    # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
    # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
    reboot
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    # Default-Stop:            0 1 6
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    {code}
    exit
    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
    su - oracle
    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    Exit root:
    {code}
    exit
    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
    su - oracle
    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
    sudo su -
    {code}
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    {code}
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    update-rc.d -f oracle-mount remove
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
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    {code}
    h2. 11) History
    Version: A, 24-Oct-2011
    - first release
    Version: B, 25-Oct-2011
    - reduced instructions.
    - corrected errors in 6a and 8.
    - new strategy addressing ORA-00845 error.
    - rework of chapter 10.
    Version: C, 30-Nov-2011
    - corrected typo in 6a
    - new procedures in 9a.
    - added progress feedback to database scripts.
    Version D, 14-Jan-2012
    - corrected presentation errors.
    - reorganized instructions.
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    http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17781_01/install.112/e18802/toc.htm
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/57297/why-has-var-run-been-migrated-to-run
    http://lwn.net/Articles/436012/
    https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2300750&tstart=0
    Kind regards and best of luck!
    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    Excellent Blog. Thank You
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    I hope this minor clarification can avoid some confusion
    Regards
    Madhusudhan Rao
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    [ 0.094229] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0322, last bus=48
    [ 0.094231] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
    [ 0.094334] mtrr: your CPUs had inconsistent variable MTRR settings
    [ 0.094336] mtrr: probably your BIOS does not setup all CPUs.
    [ 0.094338] mtrr: corrected configuration.
    [ 0.095005] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
    [ 0.095005] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)
    [ 0.095005] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)
    [ 0.095005] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)
    [ 0.095005] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)
    [ 0.097048] ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
    [ 0.111410] ACPI: SSDT 3f7db90c 0027F (v01 HP Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20060317)
    [ 0.111870] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
    [ 0.111873] ACPI: SSDT (null) 0027F (v01 HP Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20060317)
    [ 0.112026] ACPI: SSDT 3f7dbc10 00619 (v01 HP Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20060317)
    [ 0.112465] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
    [ 0.112468] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00619 (v01 HP Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20060317)
    [ 0.112715] ACPI: SSDT 3f7db844 000C8 (v01 HP Cpu1Ist 00003000 INTL 20060317)
    [ 0.113164] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
    [ 0.113167] ACPI: SSDT (null) 000C8 (v01 HP Cpu1Ist 00003000 INTL 20060317)
    [ 0.113267] ACPI: SSDT 3f7dbb8b 00085 (v01 HP Cpu1Cst 00003000 INTL 20060317)
    [ 0.113713] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
    [ 0.113716] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00085 (v01 HP Cpu1Cst 00003000 INTL 20060317)
    [ 0.150073] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
    [ 0.153341] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
    [ 0.153361] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
    [ 0.153384] PCI: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] at [mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff] (base 0xf8000000)
    [ 0.153936] PCI: MMCONFIG at [mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff] reserved in ACPI motherboard resources
    [ 0.153938] PCI: Using MMCONFIG for extended config space
    [ 0.155733] ACPI: Power Resource [C2A5] (on)
    [ 0.158672] ACPI: Power Resource [C1CE] (off)
    [ 0.160729] ACPI: Power Resource [C3C1] (off)
    [ 0.160799] ACPI: Power Resource [C3C2] (off)
    [ 0.160867] ACPI: Power Resource [C3C3] (off)
    [ 0.160935] ACPI: Power Resource [C3C4] (off)
    [ 0.161009] ACPI: Power Resource [C3C5] (off)
    [ 0.161845] ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x16, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
    [ 0.162025] ACPI: No dock devices found.
    [ 0.162033] PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=nocrs" and report a bug
    [ 0.165252] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [C003] (domain 0000 [bus 00-ff])
    [ 0.165256] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.C003._PRT]
    [ 0.165488] pci_root PNP0A08:00: ACPI _OSC support notification failed, disabling PCIe ASPM
    [ 0.165491] pci_root PNP0A08:00: Unable to request _OSC control (_OSC support mask: 0x08)
    [ 0.171851] pci_root PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
    [ 0.171895] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
    [ 0.171899] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
    [ 0.171902] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000-0x0cf7]
    [ 0.171905] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0d00-0xffff]
    [ 0.171907] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
    [ 0.171910] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x3f800000-0xfedfffff]
    [ 0.171913] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0xfee01000-0xffffffff]
    [ 0.171915] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x000d4000-0x000dffff]
    [ 0.171928] pci 0000:00:00.0: [8086:2a10] type 00 class 0x060000
    [ 0.171982] pci 0000:00:02.0: [8086:2a12] type 00 class 0x030000
    [ 0.171998] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe8400000-0xe84fffff 64bit]
    [ 0.172008] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 18: [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.172015] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 20: [io 0x6000-0x6007]
    [ 0.172059] pci 0000:00:02.1: [8086:2a13] type 00 class 0x038000
    [ 0.172072] pci 0000:00:02.1: reg 10: [mem 0xe8500000-0xe85fffff 64bit]
    [ 0.172169] pci 0000:00:1a.0: [8086:2834] type 00 class 0x0c0300
    [ 0.172229] pci 0000:00:1a.0: reg 20: [io 0x6020-0x603f]
    [ 0.172293] pci 0000:00:1a.7: [8086:283a] type 00 class 0x0c0320
    [ 0.172319] pci 0000:00:1a.7: reg 10: [mem 0xe8600000-0xe86003ff]
    [ 0.172433] pci 0000:00:1a.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    [ 0.172470] pci 0000:00:1b.0: [8086:284b] type 00 class 0x040300
    [ 0.172495] pci 0000:00:1b.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe8604000-0xe8607fff 64bit]
    [ 0.172607] pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    [ 0.172642] pci 0000:00:1c.0: [8086:283f] type 01 class 0x060400
    [ 0.172760] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    [ 0.172798] pci 0000:00:1c.1: [8086:2841] type 01 class 0x060400
    [ 0.172915] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    [ 0.172956] pci 0000:00:1c.4: [8086:2847] type 01 class 0x060400
    [ 0.173074] pci 0000:00:1c.4: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    [ 0.173111] pci 0000:00:1c.5: [8086:2849] type 01 class 0x060400
    [ 0.173229] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    [ 0.173264] pci 0000:00:1d.0: [8086:2830] type 00 class 0x0c0300
    [ 0.173324] pci 0000:00:1d.0: reg 20: [io 0x6040-0x605f]
    [ 0.173376] pci 0000:00:1d.1: [8086:2831] type 00 class 0x0c0300
    [ 0.173436] pci 0000:00:1d.1: reg 20: [io 0x6060-0x607f]
    [ 0.173482] pci 0000:00:1d.2: [8086:2832] type 00 class 0x0c0300
    [ 0.173543] pci 0000:00:1d.2: reg 20: [io 0x6080-0x609f]
    [ 0.173605] pci 0000:00:1d.7: [8086:2836] type 00 class 0x0c0320
    [ 0.173630] pci 0000:00:1d.7: reg 10: [mem 0xe8608000-0xe86083ff]
    [ 0.173744] pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    [ 0.173773] pci 0000:00:1e.0: [8086:2448] type 01 class 0x060401
    [ 0.173877] pci 0000:00:1f.0: [8086:2815] type 00 class 0x060100
    [ 0.173997] pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: [io 0x1000-0x107f] claimed by ICH6 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
    [ 0.174004] pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: [io 0x1100-0x113f] claimed by ICH6 GPIO
    [ 0.174009] pci 0000:00:1f.0: ICH7 LPC Generic IO decode 1 PIO at 0500 (mask 007f)
    [ 0.174017] pci 0000:00:1f.0: ICH7 LPC Generic IO decode 4 PIO at 02e8 (mask 0007)
    [ 0.174077] pci 0000:00:1f.1: [8086:2850] type 00 class 0x01018a
    [ 0.174096] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 10: [io 0x0000-0x0007]
    [ 0.174109] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 14: [io 0x0000-0x0003]
    [ 0.174122] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 18: [io 0x0000-0x0007]
    [ 0.174135] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 1c: [io 0x0000-0x0003]
    [ 0.174148] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 20: [io 0x60a0-0x60af]
    [ 0.174206] pci 0000:00:1f.2: [8086:2829] type 00 class 0x010601
    [ 0.174235] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 10: [io 0x13f0-0x13f7]
    [ 0.174249] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 14: [io 0x15f4-0x15f7]
    [ 0.174262] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 18: [io 0x1370-0x1377]
    [ 0.174275] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 1c: [io 0x1574-0x1577]
    [ 0.174288] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 20: [io 0x60e0-0x60ff]
    [ 0.174301] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 24: [mem 0xe8609000-0xe86097ff]
    [ 0.174372] pci 0000:00:1f.2: PME# supported from D3hot
    [ 0.174462] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 08]
    [ 0.174643] pci 0000:10:00.0: [14e4:4315] type 00 class 0x028000
    [ 0.174715] pci 0000:10:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe8000000-0xe8003fff 64bit]
    [ 0.175106] pci 0000:10:00.0: supports D1 D2
    [ 0.175282] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to [bus 10]
    [ 0.175291] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [mem 0xe8000000-0xe80fffff]
    [ 0.175362] pci 0000:00:1c.4: PCI bridge to [bus 28]
    [ 0.175368] pci 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [io 0x4000-0x5fff]
    [ 0.175374] pci 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [mem 0xe4000000-0xe7ffffff]
    [ 0.175475] pci 0000:30:00.0: [11ab:4357] type 00 class 0x020000
    [ 0.175512] pci 0000:30:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe0000000-0xe0003fff 64bit]
    [ 0.175531] pci 0000:30:00.0: reg 18: [io 0x2000-0x20ff]
    [ 0.175690] pci 0000:30:00.0: supports D1 D2
    [ 0.175692] pci 0000:30:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
    [ 0.180023] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI bridge to [bus 30]
    [ 0.180029] pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [io 0x2000-0x2fff]
    [ 0.180035] pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xe00fffff]
    [ 0.180143] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02] (subtractive decode)
    [ 0.180157] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io 0x0000-0x0cf7] (subtractive decode)
    [ 0.180160] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io 0x0d00-0xffff] (subtractive decode)
    [ 0.180163] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff] (subtractive decode)
    [ 0.180166] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0x3f800000-0xfedfffff] (subtractive decode)
    [ 0.180169] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0xfee01000-0xffffffff] (subtractive decode)
    [ 0.180171] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0x000d4000-0x000dffff] (subtractive decode)
    [ 0.180207] pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
    [ 0.180222] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.C003.C0B6._PRT]
    [ 0.180309] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.C003.C125._PRT]
    [ 0.180364] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.C003.C139._PRT]
    [ 0.180423] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.C003.C13C._PRT]
    [ 0.180512] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.C003.C13D._PRT]
    [ 0.180573] ACPI _OSC control for PCIe not granted, disabling ASPM
    [ 0.181965] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [C135] (IRQs *10 11)
    [ 0.182059] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [C136] (IRQs *10 11)
    [ 0.182150] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [C137] (IRQs 10 *11)
    [ 0.182233] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [C138] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
    [ 0.182323] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [C148] (IRQs *10 11)
    [ 0.182412] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [C149] (IRQs *10 11)
    [ 0.182496] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [C14A] (IRQs 10 11) *0, disabled.
    [ 0.182536] ACPI Exception: AE_NOT_FOUND, Evaluating _PRS (20121018/pci_link-184)
    [ 0.182612] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:00:02.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
    [ 0.182612] vgaarb: loaded
    [ 0.182612] vgaarb: bridge control possible 0000:00:02.0
    [ 0.182612] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
    [ 0.184638] PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
    [ 0.184796] Expanded resource reserved due to conflict with PCI Bus 0000:00
    [ 0.184799] e820: reserve RAM buffer [mem 0x0009fc00-0x0009ffff]
    [ 0.184802] e820: reserve RAM buffer [mem 0x3f7b0000-0x3fffffff]
    [ 0.184920] NetLabel: Initializing
    [ 0.184923] NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
    [ 0.184924] NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
    [ 0.184940] NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
    [ 0.184979] HPET: 3 timers in total, 0 timers will be used for per-cpu timer
    [ 0.184986] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0
    [ 0.184991] hpet0: 3 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
    [ 0.193343] Switching to clocksource hpet
    [ 0.200077] pnp: PnP ACPI init
    [ 0.200102] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
    [ 0.200287] system 00:00: [mem 0x00000000-0x0009ffff] could not be reserved
    [ 0.200292] system 00:00: [mem 0x000e0000-0x000fffff] could not be reserved
    [ 0.200295] system 00:00: [mem 0x00100000-0x3f7fffff] could not be reserved
    [ 0.200301] system 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active)
    [ 0.200538] pnp 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c04 (active)
    [ 0.200553] pnp 00:02: [dma 4]
    [ 0.200582] pnp 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0200 (active)
    [ 0.200617] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0800 (active)
    [ 0.200661] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
    [ 0.200757] pnp 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0103 (active)
    [ 0.200799] pnp 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0303 (active)
    [ 0.200845] pnp 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs SYN0159 SYN0100 SYN0002 PNP0f13 (active)
    [ 0.200982] system 00:08: [io 0x0500-0x057f] has been reserved
    [ 0.200986] system 00:08: [io 0x0800-0x080f] has been reserved
    [ 0.200990] system 00:08: [mem 0xffb00000-0xffbfffff] has been reserved
    [ 0.200993] system 00:08: [mem 0xfff00000-0xffffffff] has been reserved
    [ 0.200997] system 00:08: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
    [ 0.201713] system 00:09: [io 0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
    [ 0.201717] system 00:09: [io 0x1000-0x107f] has been reserved
    [ 0.201720] system 00:09: [io 0x1100-0x113f] has been reserved
    [ 0.201723] system 00:09: [io 0x1200-0x121f] has been reserved
    [ 0.201727] system 00:09: [mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff] has been reserved
    [ 0.201730] system 00:09: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec000ff] could not be reserved
    [ 0.201734] system 00:09: [mem 0xfed20000-0xfed3ffff] has been reserved
    [ 0.201737] system 00:09: [mem 0xfed45000-0xfed8ffff] has been reserved
    [ 0.201740] system 00:09: [mem 0xfed90000-0xfed99fff] has been reserved
    [ 0.201745] system 00:09: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
    [ 0.202730] system 00:0a: [mem 0x000cec00-0x000cffff] has been reserved
    [ 0.202734] system 00:0a: [mem 0x000d1000-0x000d3fff] has been reserved
    [ 0.202738] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfeda0000-0xfedbffff] has been reserved
    [ 0.202741] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff] has been reserved
    [ 0.202746] system 00:0a: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
    [ 0.202762] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
    [ 0.202764] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
    [ 0.240177] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [io 0x1000-0x0fff] to [bus 08] add_size 1000
    [ 0.240183] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff 64bit pref] to [bus 08] add_size 200000
    [ 0.240187] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff] to [bus 08] add_size 200000
    [ 0.240200] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [io 0x1000-0x0fff] to [bus 10] add_size 1000
    [ 0.240204] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff 64bit pref] to [bus 10] add_size 200000
    [ 0.240217] pci 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff 64bit pref] to [bus 28] add_size 200000
    [ 0.240230] pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff 64bit pref] to [bus 30] add_size 200000
    [ 0.240247] pci 0000:00:1c.0: res[14]=[mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff] get_res_add_size add_size 200000
    [ 0.240250] pci 0000:00:1c.0: res[15]=[mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff 64bit pref] get_res_add_size add_size 200000
    [ 0.240254] pci 0000:00:1c.1: res[15]=[mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff 64bit pref] get_res_add_size add_size 200000
    [ 0.240257] pci 0000:00:1c.4: res[15]=[mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff 64bit pref] get_res_add_size add_size 200000
    [ 0.240260] pci 0000:00:1c.5: res[15]=[mem 0x00100000-0x000fffff 64bit pref] get_res_add_size add_size 200000
    [ 0.240263] pci 0000:00:1c.0: res[13]=[io 0x1000-0x0fff] get_res_add_size add_size 1000
    [ 0.240266] pci 0000:00:1c.1: res[13]=[io 0x1000-0x0fff] get_res_add_size add_size 1000
    [ 0.240272] pci 0000:00:1c.0: BAR 14: assigned [mem 0x40000000-0x401fffff]
    [ 0.240276] pci 0000:00:1c.0: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0x40200000-0x403fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240279] pci 0000:00:1c.1: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0x40400000-0x405fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240283] pci 0000:00:1c.4: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0x40600000-0x407fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240286] pci 0000:00:1c.5: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0x40800000-0x409fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240290] pci 0000:00:1c.0: BAR 13: assigned [io 0x3000-0x3fff]
    [ 0.240294] pci 0000:00:1c.1: BAR 13: assigned [io 0x7000-0x7fff]
    [ 0.240298] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 08]
    [ 0.240303] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [io 0x3000-0x3fff]
    [ 0.240310] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0x40000000-0x401fffff]
    [ 0.240316] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0x40200000-0x403fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240324] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to [bus 10]
    [ 0.240328] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [io 0x7000-0x7fff]
    [ 0.240336] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [mem 0xe8000000-0xe80fffff]
    [ 0.240341] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [mem 0x40400000-0x405fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240350] pci 0000:00:1c.4: PCI bridge to [bus 28]
    [ 0.240354] pci 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [io 0x4000-0x5fff]
    [ 0.240361] pci 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [mem 0xe4000000-0xe7ffffff]
    [ 0.240366] pci 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [mem 0x40600000-0x407fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240375] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI bridge to [bus 30]
    [ 0.240379] pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [io 0x2000-0x2fff]
    [ 0.240386] pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xe00fffff]
    [ 0.240392] pci 0000:00:1c.5: bridge window [mem 0x40800000-0x409fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240400] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02]
    [ 0.240458] pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 0.240463] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 4 [io 0x0000-0x0cf7]
    [ 0.240466] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 5 [io 0x0d00-0xffff]
    [ 0.240469] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
    [ 0.240472] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 7 [mem 0x3f800000-0xfedfffff]
    [ 0.240474] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 8 [mem 0xfee01000-0xffffffff]
    [ 0.240477] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 9 [mem 0x000d4000-0x000dffff]
    [ 0.240480] pci_bus 0000:08: resource 0 [io 0x3000-0x3fff]
    [ 0.240482] pci_bus 0000:08: resource 1 [mem 0x40000000-0x401fffff]
    [ 0.240485] pci_bus 0000:08: resource 2 [mem 0x40200000-0x403fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240488] pci_bus 0000:10: resource 0 [io 0x7000-0x7fff]
    [ 0.240490] pci_bus 0000:10: resource 1 [mem 0xe8000000-0xe80fffff]
    [ 0.240493] pci_bus 0000:10: resource 2 [mem 0x40400000-0x405fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240496] pci_bus 0000:28: resource 0 [io 0x4000-0x5fff]
    [ 0.240499] pci_bus 0000:28: resource 1 [mem 0xe4000000-0xe7ffffff]
    [ 0.240501] pci_bus 0000:28: resource 2 [mem 0x40600000-0x407fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240504] pci_bus 0000:30: resource 0 [io 0x2000-0x2fff]
    [ 0.240507] pci_bus 0000:30: resource 1 [mem 0xe0000000-0xe00fffff]
    [ 0.240510] pci_bus 0000:30: resource 2 [mem 0x40800000-0x409fffff 64bit pref]
    [ 0.240513] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 4 [io 0x0000-0x0cf7]
    [ 0.240515] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 5 [io 0x0d00-0xffff]
    [ 0.240518] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
    [ 0.240520] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 7 [mem 0x3f800000-0xfedfffff]
    [ 0.240523] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 8 [mem 0xfee01000-0xffffffff]
    [ 0.240525] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 9 [mem 0x000d4000-0x000dffff]
    [ 0.240571] NET: Registered protocol family 2
    [ 0.240755] TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
    [ 0.240797] TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
    [ 0.240838] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
    [ 0.240883] TCP: reno registered
    [ 0.240886] UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
    [ 0.240898] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
    [ 0.240959] NET: Registered protocol family 1
    [ 0.240973] pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
    [ 0.241213] PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
    [ 0.241257] Unpacking initramfs...
    [ 0.315982] Freeing initrd memory: 2932k freed
    [ 0.317982] apm: BIOS not found.
    [ 0.318309] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
    [ 0.318336] type=2000 audit(1365960311.316:1): initialized
    [ 0.330595] bounce pool size: 64 pages
    [ 0.330608] HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
    [ 0.332558] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
    [ 0.332622] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
    [ 0.332855] msgmni has been set to 1739
    [ 0.333128] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 252)
    [ 0.333159] io scheduler noop registered
    [ 0.333162] io scheduler deadline registered
    [ 0.333170] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
    [ 0.333331] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 0.333503] pcieport 0000:00:1c.1: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 0.333644] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 0.333787] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 0.333960] vesafb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=0
    [ 0.333961] vesafb: scrolling: redraw
    [ 0.333964] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
    [ 0.334134] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xf8080000, using 3072k, total 3072k
    [ 0.358190] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
    [ 0.382119] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
    [ 0.382150] intel_idle: does not run on family 6 model 15
    [ 0.382186] GHES: HEST is not enabled!
    [ 0.382203] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
    [ 0.695554] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
    [ 0.695613] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
    [ 0.696373] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:C2A2,PNP0f13:C2A3] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
    [ 0.698008] i8042: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1
    [ 0.698778] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
    [ 0.698816] serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    [ 0.698844] serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    [ 0.698875] serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    [ 0.698903] serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    [ 0.699019] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
    [ 0.699102] rtc_cmos 00:04: RTC can wake from S4
    [ 0.699270] rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
    [ 0.699304] rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k, 114 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
    [ 0.699332] cpuidle: using governor ladder
    [ 0.699334] cpuidle: using governor menu
    [ 0.699336] EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
    [ 0.699364] drop_monitor: Initializing network drop monitor service
    [ 0.699462] TCP: cubic registered
    [ 0.699595] NET: Registered protocol family 10
    [ 0.699813] NET: Registered protocol family 17
    [ 0.699824] Key type dns_resolver registered
    [ 0.699983] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
    [ 0.700118] PM: Checking hibernation image partition /dev/sda2
    [ 0.720765] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
    [ 0.732802] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
    [ 0.732814] registered taskstats version 1
    [ 0.733400] Magic number: 9:217:441
    [ 0.733488] rtc_cmos 00:04: setting system clock to 2013-04-14 17:25:12 UTC (1365960312)
    [ 0.733734] Freeing unused kernel memory: 556k freed
    [ 0.733954] Write protecting the kernel text: 4120k
    [ 0.733982] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1280k
    [ 0.741543] systemd-udevd[45]: starting version 201
    [ 0.743316] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
    [ 0.745096] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
    [ 0.746117] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 965GME/GLE Chipset
    [ 0.746174] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected gtt size: 524288K total, 262144K mappable
    [ 0.746731] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 8192K stolen memory
    [ 0.747068] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
    [ 0.747585] input: Sleep Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1
    [ 0.747592] ACPI: Sleep Button [C2BE]
    [ 0.747654] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
    [ 0.747709] ACPI: Lid Switch [C15B]
    [ 0.747774] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3
    [ 0.747778] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
    [ 0.752747] checking generic (d0000000 300000) vs hw (d0000000 10000000)
    [ 0.752752] fb: conflicting fb hw usage inteldrmfb vs VESA VGA - removing generic driver
    [ 0.752775] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
    [ 0.753012] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 0.753276] i915 0000:00:02.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 0.753291] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
    [ 0.753292] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
    [ 0.753355] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
    [ 0.881041] [drm] initialized overlay support
    [ 1.048674] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
    [ 1.320023] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 1994.999 MHz
    [ 1.320027] Switching to clocksource tsc
    [ 1.740025] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
    [ 1.745248] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
    [ 1.745251] i915 0000:00:02.0: registered panic notifier
    [ 1.746676] ACPI Exception: AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Index (0x0000000000000004) is beyond end of object (20121018/exoparg2-418)
    [ 1.746691] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.C003.C09E._DOD] (Node f642d6d8), AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT (20121018/psparse-537)
    [ 1.746700] ACPI Exception: AE_AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT, Evaluating _DOD (20121018/video-1163)
    [ 1.750049] acpi device:00: registered as cooling_device0
    [ 1.750335] ACPI: Video Device [C09E] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
    [ 1.750395] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input4
    [ 1.750448] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
    [ 1.790556] ACPI: bus type usb registered
    [ 1.791412] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
    [ 1.791430] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
    [ 1.791721] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
    [ 1.792299] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
    [ 1.792666] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
    [ 1.792725] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 1.792730] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
    [ 1.792738] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
    [ 1.792794] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io base 0x00006020
    [ 1.793124] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
    [ 1.793130] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
    [ 1.793310] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver
    [ 1.793385] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 1.793390] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
    [ 1.793397] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
    [ 1.793442] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 20, io base 0x00006040
    [ 1.794088] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
    [ 1.794094] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
    [ 1.794241] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 1.794246] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
    [ 1.794253] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
    [ 1.794297] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 21, io base 0x00006060
    [ 1.795763] SCSI subsystem initialized
    [ 1.795952] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
    [ 1.795958] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
    [ 1.796119] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 1.796124] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
    [ 1.796132] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
    [ 1.796174] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x00006080
    [ 1.796348] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
    [ 1.796353] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
    [ 1.796513] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 1.796517] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
    [ 1.796524] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
    [ 1.796540] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
    [ 1.797842] ACPI: bus type scsi registered
    [ 1.800116] libata version 3.00 loaded.
    [ 1.800447] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
    [ 1.800459] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: irq 18, io mem 0xe8600000
    [ 1.810053] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
    [ 1.810391] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
    [ 1.810397] hub 5-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
    [ 1.810890] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0
    [ 1.810969] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 1.811016] ahci: SSS flag set, parallel bus scan disabled
    [ 1.811050] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 3 ports 3 Gbps 0x7 impl SATA mode
    [ 1.811054] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf stag pm led clo pio slum part ccc
    [ 1.811061] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 1.812147] scsi0 : ahci
    [ 1.812347] scsi1 : ahci
    [ 1.813441] scsi2 : ahci
    [ 1.813516] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xe8609000 port 0xe8609100 irq 45
    [ 1.813521] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xe8609000 port 0xe8609180 irq 45
    [ 1.813524] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xe8609000 port 0xe8609200 irq 45
    [ 1.813579] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.13
    [ 1.813637] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 1.814023] scsi3 : ata_piix
    [ 1.814701] scsi4 : ata_piix
    [ 1.814769] ata4: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x60a0 irq 14
    [ 1.814772] ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x60a8 irq 15
    [ 1.814817] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
    [ 1.814823] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
    [ 1.814832] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
    [ 1.814850] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
    [ 1.816913] ata5: port disabled--ignoring
    [ 1.818755] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
    [ 1.818763] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: irq 20, io mem 0xe8608000
    [ 1.826689] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
    [ 1.826868] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
    [ 1.826874] hub 6-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
    [ 2.133364] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
    [ 2.136122] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
    [ 2.136127] ata1.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:a0 (DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY) filtered out
    [ 2.136187] ata1.00: ACPI cmd c6/00:10:00:00:00:a0 (SET MULTIPLE MODE) succeeded
    [ 2.136192] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
    [ 2.137657] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD2500BEKT-60V5T1, 12.01A12, max UDMA/100
    [ 2.137660] ata1.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
    [ 2.140533] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
    [ 2.140537] ata1.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:a0 (DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY) filtered out
    [ 2.140594] ata1.00: ACPI cmd c6/00:10:00:00:00:a0 (SET MULTIPLE MODE) succeeded
    [ 2.140598] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 (SET FEATURES) filtered out
    [ 2.142075] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
    [ 2.142209] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD2500BEKT-6 12.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
    [ 2.186681] usb 6-5: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
    [ 2.460022] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
    [ 2.576678] usb 2-2: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
    [ 2.780023] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
    [ 2.799106] ata3.00: ATAPI: hp CDDVDW TS-L633N, 0300, max UDMA/100
    [ 2.817428] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
    [ 2.819792] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM hp CDDVDW TS-L633N 0300 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
    [ 2.823673] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte logical blocks: (250 GB/232 GiB)
    [ 2.823725] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
    [ 2.823729] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
    [ 2.823751] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
    [ 2.829602] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
    [ 2.829606] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
    [ 2.829816] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
    [ 2.892260] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
    [ 2.892707] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
    [ 3.187140] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
    [ 3.187147] PM: Hibernation image partition 8:2 present
    [ 3.187149] PM: Looking for hibernation image.
    [ 3.190166] PM: Image not found (code -22)
    [ 3.190169] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
    [ 3.252550] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
    [ 3.836256] systemd[1]: systemd 201 running in system mode. (+PAM -LIBWRAP -AUDIT -SELINUX -IMA -SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ)
    [ 3.849582] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <arch>.
    [ 4.191136] systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit cpupower.service, ignoring: Unit cpupower.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status cpupower.service' for details.
    [ 4.191414] systemd[1]: Starting Login Prompts.
    [ 4.191433] systemd[1]: Reached target Login Prompts.
    [ 4.191449] systemd[1]: Starting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
    [ 4.191527] systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
    [ 4.191541] systemd[1]: Starting Delayed Shutdown Socket.
    [ 4.191578] systemd[1]: Listening on Delayed Shutdown Socket.
    [ 4.191590] systemd[1]: Starting Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
    [ 4.191625] systemd[1]: Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
    [ 4.191637] systemd[1]: Starting /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
    [ 4.191661] systemd[1]: Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
    [ 4.191673] systemd[1]: Starting Encrypted Volumes.
    [ 4.191686] systemd[1]: Reached target Encrypted Volumes.
    [ 4.191702] systemd[1]: Starting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
    [ 4.191749] systemd[1]: Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
    [ 4.191760] systemd[1]: Starting Paths.
    [ 4.191774] systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
    [ 4.191807] systemd[1]: Starting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
    [ 4.191930] systemd[1]: Set up automount Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
    [ 4.192007] systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel Socket.
    [ 4.192035] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
    [ 4.192097] systemd[1]: Starting udev Control Socket.
    [ 4.192128] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket.
    [ 4.192143] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Socket.
    [ 4.192199] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket.
    [ 4.199876] systemd[1]: Starting Set Up Additional Binary Formats...
    [ 4.203660] systemd[1]: Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
    [ 4.257542] systemd[1]: Started Load Kernel Modules.
    [ 4.257608] systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel Device Manager...
    [ 4.263615] systemd[1]: Mounting Configuration File System...
    [ 4.270954] systemd[1]: Mounting Huge Pages File System...
    [ 4.279309] systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console...
    [ 4.289528] systemd[1]: Starting Apply Kernel Variables...
    [ 4.293593] systemd[1]: Mounting Debug File System...
    [ 4.300920] systemd[1]: Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System...
    [ 4.310244] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
    [ 4.318738] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
    [ 4.318802] systemd[1]: Mounted FUSE Control File System.
    [ 4.318827] systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-sda2.device...
    [ 4.318857] systemd[1]: Starting File System Check on Root Device...
    [ 4.344444] systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-sda4.device...
    [ 4.711991] systemd-udevd[101]: starting version 201
    [ 5.286858] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
    [ 5.571573] ACPI: Requesting acpi_cpufreq
    [ 5.605351] ACPI: Fan [C3C6] (off)
    [ 5.605428] ACPI: Fan [C3C7] (off)
    [ 5.605498] ACPI: Fan [C3C8] (off)
    [ 5.605569] ACPI: Fan [C3C9] (off)
    [ 5.605638] ACPI: Fan [C3CA] (off)
    [ 5.614901] ACPI: AC Adapter [C244] (on-line)
    [ 5.636608] thermal LNXTHERM:00: registered as thermal_zone0
    [ 5.636612] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ3] (41 C)
    [ 5.664141] ACPI: Battery Slot [C245] (battery present)
    [ 5.673128] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone1
    [ 5.673132] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ4] (27 C)
    [ 5.678874] thermal LNXTHERM:02: registered as thermal_zone2
    [ 5.678878] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ5] (20 C)
    [ 5.679888] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 5.692884] thermal LNXTHERM:03: registered as thermal_zone3
    [ 5.692888] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ0] (48 C)
    [ 5.697365] thermal LNXTHERM:04: registered as thermal_zone4
    [ 5.697369] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ1] (45 C)
    [ 5.702641] wmi: Mapper loaded
    [ 5.765684] sky2: driver version 1.30
    [ 5.765753] sky2 0000:30:00.0: Yukon-2 FE+ chip revision 0
    [ 5.765870] sky2 0000:30:00.0: irq 47 for MSI/MSI-X
    [ 5.766172] sky2 0000:30:00.0 eth0: addr d8:d3:85:02:ae:8a
    [ 5.823030] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
    [ 5.842289] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-1 state
    [ 5.842342] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-2 state
    [ 5.842349] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-3 state
    [ 5.842354] tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
    [ 5.842373] ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
    [ 5.842387] Switching to clocksource hpet
    [ 5.856977] lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
    [ 5.856981] lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
    [ 6.090739] microcode: CPU0 sig=0x6fd, pf=0x80, revision=0xa3
    [ 6.105525] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input5
    [ 6.133580] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6
    [ 6.133684] input: HDA Intel Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
    [ 6.135374] ACPI Warning: 0x00001028-0x0000102f SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.C003.C004.C0D8 1 (20121018/utaddress-251)
    [ 6.135383] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
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    sys-devi...tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial
    sys-devi...tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial
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    sys-subs...ices-wlan.device loaded active plugged BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
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