Solution for the APIC problems on ASUS CUV4X-D with VIA 694XDP Chipset
* Turn MPS 1.4 support off in your BIOS (and upgrade bios to 1007)
1. URL's
1.1 Information about the motherboard
http://www.asus.com.tw/products/Motherboard/Pentiumpro/Cuv4x-d/index.html
1.2 The BIOS upgrade (1004 to 1007)
http://www.asus.com.tw/products/Motherboard/bios_s370.html#cuv4x-d
1.3 Message in kernel list about MPS 1.4 support in BIOS
http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0106.0/0233.html
* Thanks to Paul Fl. for this url
2. Current hardware config
2.1 MoBo
ASUS CUV4X-D with VIA 694XDP Chipset
2.2 CPU's
[root@pluisje /root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1004.542
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 2005.40
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1004.542
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 2005.40
[root@pluisje /root]#
2.3 Other
[root@pluisje /root]# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1
0: 53593 53774 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 2614 2622 IO-APIC-edge keyboard
2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 1 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc
10: 44433 44659 IO-APIC-level EMU10K1
11: 812 800 IO-APIC-level eth0
12: 34013 34226 IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse
14: 3232 3422 IO-APIC-edge ide0
15: 1 4 IO-APIC-edge ide1
NMI: 0 0
LOC: 107282 107280
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
[root@pluisje /root]#
[root@pluisje /root]# cat /proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
b000-b03f : 3Com Corporation 3c900 10BaseT [Boomerang]
b000-b03f : eth0
b400-b407 : Creative Labs SB Live!
b800-b81f : Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10000
b800-b81f : EMU10K1
d000-d01f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (#2)
d400-d41f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB
d800-d80f : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE
d800-d807 : ide0
d808-d80f : ide1
e800-e80f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
[root@pluisje /root]#
[root@pluisje /root]# cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 525496320 148905984 376590336 1441792 7163904 108326912
Swap: 213815296 31535104 182280192
MemTotal: 513180 kB
MemFree: 367764 kB
MemShared: 1408 kB
Buffers: 6996 kB
Cached: 105788 kB
Active: 36872 kB
Inact_dirty: 77320 kB
Inact_clean: 0 kB
Inact_target: 40 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 513180 kB
LowFree: 367764 kB
SwapTotal: 208804 kB
SwapFree: 178008 kB
[root@pluisje /root]#
3. LILO
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.5-8mdksmp
label=linux-245mdkSMP
root=/dev/hdb7
read-only
# In BIOS : Set MPS 1.4 Support OFF !! else use noapic
# append="noapic"
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