Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:37:52 -0700 | From | Jesse Allen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6, 2.4, Nforce2, Experimental idle halt workaround instead of apic ack delay. |
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:15:06AM +0100, Craig Bradney wrote: > On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 00:04, Jesse Allen wrote: > > vanilla kernels = 2.6.0-test11 through 2.6.3-rc2 and no patches. APIC is > > on. > > and local APIC and ACPI?
Yes.
> > 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!
I know =)
> > 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. >
What we need is a kernel patch, because it will be difficult to produce bios fixes for each bios iteration. If he can identify what the changes are in my bios and identify a bug, then a sufficiently talented kernel hacker can produce the work-around for other buggy bioses.
Jesse
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