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

[Craig Bradney]

On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 00:37, Jesse Allen wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:15:06AM +0100, Craig Bradney wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 00:04, Jesse Allen wrote:
> > > vanilla kernels = 2.6.0-test11 through 2.6.3-rc2 and no patches.  APIC is 
> > > on.
> > 
> > and local APIC and ACPI?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > If thats the case you are a lucky person!
> 
> I know =)
> 
> > > I don't know how to identify a fix from my bioses.  If someone has any 
> > > clue, I will help out.
> > 
> > No idea either.. but the "uber bios"
> > (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.mcclay/)
> > guy might be able to help some of us out if the changes were found... if
> > you trust someone other than your motherboard manufacturer writing
> > BIOSes.. but I guess thats the same as any OS project in some ways.
> > 
> 
> What we need is a kernel patch, because it will be difficult to produce bios 
> fixes for each bios iteration.  If he can identify what the changes are in my 
> bios and identify a bug, then a sufficiently talented kernel hacker can produce
> the work-around for other buggy bioses.

I dont know the guy myself, but maybe as you can hand him two BIOS
files, he might be able to work out the difference for us if you sent
him an email?

Craig

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