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SubjectRe: Linux hangs on nVidia nForce2 400 Ultra
All correct, and if you have Award bios an update
may help stability with nforce2.

-Bob D

Daniel Drake wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Theres been some work done on this issue lately. Originally, my system
> only hung when I had IO-APIC and local APIC support compiled into the
> kernel. But I think other people had hanging problems even without this.
>
> You could first try using a 2.6-mm series kernel, as these include
> some patches which fix nforce2 problems for most people (but not me).
>
> The other option is to try Ross Dickinson's patches:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107199838022614&w=2
>
> If you use Ross's patches, as well as the -mm fixes, you should revert
> out the nforce-disconnect-quirk patch to avoid your CPU getting
> needlessly hot.
>
> Personally, I have stability running 2.6.1-rc1-mm1 with the
> disconnect-quirk reverted out, Ross's patches, booting with parameter
> apic_tack=2. I have APIC/IOAPIC compiled in and working.
>
> Daniel.
>
> Herve Fache wrote:
>
>> Hi chaps! My system hangs (no oops, nothing) on disk access using
>> either 2.4.23 or 2.6.0. A rather reliable way for me to crash it is
>> to, for example, copy the sources of the Linux kernel. It hanged
>> once on CD-ROM access, which could lead to a more IDE-level problem.
>> Also, the only time it did it in another operating system (humm...)
>> was after it crashed in Linux and I pressed reset (no shut down),
>> which makes me think it could the IDE controller [driver]'s
>> fault... It seems I'm the only one on Earth to have this problem
>> (according to Google), but if there was a way to track it down I'd be
>> happy to try. I have attached my 2.6.0 kernel config for info.
>> Thanks! Hervé.
>
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