From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264466AbTLCA70 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:59:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264468AbTLCA70 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:59:26 -0500 Received: from hqemgate00.nvidia.com ([216.228.112.144]:20233 "EHLO hqemgate00.nvidia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264466AbTLCA7Z (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:59:25 -0500 Message-ID: From: Allen Martin To: "'Ian Kumlien'" , b@netzentry.com Cc: ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com, s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cbradney@zip.com.au, forming@charter.net Subject: RE: NForce2 pseudoscience stability testing (2.6.0-test11) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:58:15 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Kumlien [mailto:pomac@vapor.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 4:47 PM > > On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 00:36, b@netzentry.com wrote: > > About the IDE, it seems to be the easiest way to promote the > > problem but time seems to be the biggest factor. Some have > > suggested wrt this NFORCE2 problem that idle time makes it > > worse, but I've seen the hang under both conditions. > > Well, IDE is what i'd blame. My original experience about lost > interrupts leads me to ide. Since i never loose interrupts without > io-apic. Can someone who has a system showing this problem try booting from a PCI IDE card to see if it makes any difference? I'd try the experiemnt here, but I can't reproduce the hanging that's being reported. -Allen