Messages in this thread | | | From | Richard Browning <> | Subject | Re: SMP + Hyperthreading / Asus PCDL Deluxe / Kernel 2.4.x 2.6.x / Crash/Freeze | Date | Thu, 18 Mar 2004 03:01:07 +0000 |
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On Friday 12 March 2004 07:07, Len Brown wrote: > Hmm, read that note too fast... > Since the failure did not follow the package to the BSP socket > (CPU0/CPU1), but instead stayed with the AP (CPU2/CPU3) socket, that > suggests an issue with the MB rather than the processor itself.
Right then. I've just 'borrowed' the same motherboard (Asus PC-DL Deluxe) and CPUs from the local friendly computer place. I simply connected the hard drive to their combo and booted. SAME RESULT.
To confirm these (SEVERE) issues, I installed (deep breath, apologies, etc,) Windows XP Pro. Regrettably, the Micro$oft beast worked perfectly. Four processors in task manager, no hangs after several hours of 'doing stuff'.
I don't know what's going on with Linux and this motherboard. Is it the strangeness of Asus putting a Canterwood and Intel ICH5 chipset together to get the 533 FSB out of the Xeon?
The symptoms only show up if I'm doing 'dev'. In other words, I can boot into KDE, play music, watch DVDs and even play Enemy Territory - all with HT enabled. However AS SOON as I begin the configure/make/install cycle the system will hang. It's almost like an interrupt is gumming up the works somehow, but I lack the expertise to pinpoint it. For the record, I'm running a Radeon9800Pro graphics card.
I dunno why there haven't been more issues like this. Then again, most of the folk I hear on the Asus forums are using these mobos with Windoze.
What can I do to help you chaps get to the bottom of this? (Interestingly I note that turning off ACPI - not APIC - with HT enabled causes the kernel to not realise that HT is in fact enabled. I though the kernel used CPUIDs to work out whether HT was enabled?)
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