Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:20:45 -0500 | From | Roberto Sanchez <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6, 2.4, Nforce2, Experimental idle halt workaround instead of apic ack delay. |
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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).
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