Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Mar 2002 15:42:01 +0100 (MET) | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Subject | Re: io-apic not working on i850mv(p4) |
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 15:05:14 +0100, Banai Zoltan wrote: >He said that CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y means that if >IO-APIC _is_ present on the motherboard then it will be used. > >But i pointed out that acording to intel's >i850MV board specification update: >ftp://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/mv/A7258705.pdf (8-9 page) >this motherboard supports 16 irq in PIC mode and 24 in APIC mode. > >So it seems to me that the problem is with kernel-bios communication. >Maybe the kernel needs the bios to supply the SMP layout? >Or ther is need to relocate the DMI scan to early boot stage?
My ASUS P4T-E is supposed to have an IO-APIC in its 850 chipset, and the BIOS setup does allow me to specify apic delivery mode, but I've never been able to get the kernel (SMP or UP_IOAPIC) to detect the IO-APIC.
My guess is that Linux only finds the IO-APIC if it's listed in the MP-table. Perhaps newer boxes publish the info via ACPI?
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