From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263343AbTK1SSY (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:18:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263345AbTK1SSY (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:18:24 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:7613 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263343AbTK1SSU (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:18:20 -0500 X-Authenticated: #4512188 Message-ID: <3FC79168.60909@gmx.de> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 19:18:16 +0100 From: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031116 X-Accept-Language: de-de, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julien Oster CC: ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com, Brendan Howes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NForce2 pseudoscience stability testing (2.6.0-test11) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Julien Oster wrote: > ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com writes: >>I have been test various kernel parameter combinations to test stability. > > > Thanks, that's quite a nice overview. > > But something seems strange: > > >>APIC,LAPIC S >>PREM,APIC,LAPIC S > > > Does those two lines mean, that using ACPI, APIC and local APIC > enabled is stable, as long as your kernel is not an SMP kernel? If > yes, then I can't confirm this. I run strictly non-SMP kernels and > they always crash if APIC (or local APIC?) is enabled. I also have the same problem on an Abit NF7-S V2.0: I think I tested (non-SMP always) with kernel 2.6-test8 last: With Apic (and/or local apic) system locks up. Without it is now rock-solid with ACPI. But it seems to be a BIOS issue, as Windows locks up with APIC use, as well. Well I am using latest BIOS and hope that Abit gets this fixed... BTW, why would someone want an SMP kernel for a 1-CPU system? Prakash