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

[Roberto Sanchez]

Jesse Allen wrote:
> 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.

FWIW, my Biostar M7NCDPro with the latest (12-08-2003) BIOS locks up
consistently unless I disable APIC (either in the kernel or the BIOS)
or apply some sort of patch (like the APIC and disconnect-quirk patches
that briefly made the rounds in the -mm tree).

-Roberto Sanchez

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