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SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.6, 2.4, Nforce2, Experimental idle halt workaround instead of apic ack delay.
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.
>
> 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.
>
>
>>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.
>

FWIW, my Biostar M7NCDPro with the latest (12-08-2003) BIOS locks up
consistently unless I disable APIC (either in the kernel or the BIOS)
or apply some sort of patch (like the APIC and disconnect-quirk patches
that briefly made the rounds in the -mm tree).

-Roberto Sanchez
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