Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 May 2006 14:19:47 +0200 | From | Vladimir Dvorak <> | Subject | Re: APIC error on CPUx |
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Andi Kleen wrote:
>On Monday 22 May 2006 13:58, Vladimir Dvorak wrote: > > >>Andi Kleen wrote: >> >> >> >>>Vladimir Dvorak <dvorakv@vdsoft.org> writes: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Linux requisities: >>>>Debian 3.1 >>>>Linux mailserver 2.6.8-3-686-smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 9 07:05:39 UTC 2006 i686 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>That's an ancient kernel. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Yes, I agree. >> >> ... but the latest in Debian/Sarge. :-) >> >>Do you, Andi, thing that upgrade to latest vanilla one ( from >>kernel.org ) should solve this problem ? >> >> > >Probably not. > > > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>GNU/Linux >>>> >>>>Hardware: >>>>Intel SR1200 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>If it's an <=P3 class machine: most likely you have noise on the APIC bus. >>> >>>-Andi >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Yes, you are right : >> >>cat /proc/cpuinfo >>... >>model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1133MHz >>... >> >> >>"Noise on APIC bus" means - " a lot of interrupts from devices" ? >> >> > >Usually a crappy/broken/misdesigned motherboard. > >-Andi > > > > And, probably, the latest question related to this topic:
Can "noapic" or "nolapic" solve this ? Does it mean ( with these parameters ) that devices will start to use 8259 interrupt controller instead APIC ?
Is harmfull put "noapic" on "nolapic" to cmdline ?
Thank you.
Vladimir
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