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* [2.6.12] x86-64 IO-APIC + timer doesn't work
@ 2005-06-18 13:52 Alistair John Strachan
  2005-06-18 19:09 ` Andi Kleen
  2005-06-18 23:52 ` [2.6.12] x86-64 IO-APIC + timer doesn't work II + PATCH Andi Kleen
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Alistair John Strachan @ 2005-06-18 13:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andi Kleen; +Cc: linux-kernel

Hi,

I upgraded my nForce3 x86-64 desktop from 2.6.12-rc5 to 2.6.12 today and 
something strange started happening. Waay back in 2.6.x I had problems with 
the "noapic" default for nForce boards on x86-64, and so used the "apic" 
kernel boot parameter to force the apic on; this worked successfully for a 
long time with no timer problems.

However, as of 2.6.12 (maybe -rc6, too?) my desktop occasionally fails to boot 
with the message:

"IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter."
(arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c)

However, this message is intermittent; it is sometimes possible to boot 
without getting it, and everything works fine. So I took its advice and ran 
with noapic, and everything seems fine now.

However, I just thought I'd let whoever maintains this bit of code know that 
the check isn't a "sure thing": it's not being flagged reliably. Whether this 
is my BIOS or the kernel, I don't know.

Though I clearly don't require this functionality any more, is there any 
reason I now can't use apic on this nForce3 board, where previously (on 
2.6.12-rc5 and older) I could?

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

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            Edinburgh. EH8 9PP.

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2005-06-18 13:52 [2.6.12] x86-64 IO-APIC + timer doesn't work Alistair John Strachan
2005-06-18 19:09 ` Andi Kleen
2005-06-19  0:21   ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-06-19  0:57     ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-06-19  1:33       ` Andi Kleen
2005-06-19  1:03   ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-06-18 23:52 ` [2.6.12] x86-64 IO-APIC + timer doesn't work II + PATCH Andi Kleen
2005-06-19  0:23   ` Alistair John Strachan

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