Re: [PATCH] 2.6, 2.4, Nforce2, Experimental idle halt workaround instead of apic ack delay.

[Jesse Allen]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:06:05PM +0100, Craig Bradney wrote:

> so what does "My
> Shuttle AN35N nforce2 board can run vanilla kernels with the 12-5-2003
> dated bios version and not lock up." mean?
> 

vanilla kernels = 2.6.0-test11 through 2.6.3-rc2 and no patches.  APIC is on.

12-5-2003 BIOS:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107124823504332&w=2

not lock up:
I could reproduce the lockup consistantly.  With the 12-5-2003 bios, I cannot.  Two months have passed since the original report.

> Whenthis thread first(?) started way back when in Nov or Dec last year I
> was pretty happy.. no lockups until the 5th day.

The different nforce boards react differently because of different hardware an 
manufacterers.  But they all do have a common symptom.  

I don't know how to identify a fix from my bioses.  If someone has any clue, I 
will help out.

Jesse
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