Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6, 2.4, Nforce2, Experimental idle halt workaround instead of apic ack delay. | From | Craig Bradney <> | Date | Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:15:06 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 00:04, Jesse Allen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:06:05PM +0100, Craig Bradney wrote: > > > so what does "My > > Shuttle AN35N nforce2 board can run vanilla kernels with the 12-5-2003 > > dated bios version and not lock up." mean? > > > > vanilla kernels = 2.6.0-test11 through 2.6.3-rc2 and no patches. APIC is on.
and local APIC and ACPI?
> 12-5-2003 BIOS: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107124823504332&w=2 > > not lock up: > I could reproduce the lockup consistantly. With the 12-5-2003 bios, I cannot. Two months have passed since the original report.
If thats the case you are a lucky person! > > > Whenthis thread first(?) started way back when in Nov or Dec last year I > > was pretty happy.. no lockups until the 5th day. > > The different nforce boards react differently because of different hardware an > manufacterers. But they all do have a common symptom. > > I don't know how to identify a fix from my bioses. If someone has any clue, I > will help out.
No idea either.. but the "uber bios" (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.mcclay/) guy might be able to help some of us out if the changes were found... if you trust someone other than your motherboard manufacturer writing BIOSes.. but I guess thats the same as any OS project in some ways.
I notice ASUS have updated theri A7V8X BIOS to 1008.. maybe they will release updates for their nForce2 boards soon too. One can only hope!
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