From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Luis_Miguel_Garc=EDa?= Subject: Re: acpi problem with nforce motherboards and ethernet Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 01:22:20 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <4022DE3C.1080905@wanadoo.es> References: <402298C7.5050405@wanadoo.es> <40229D2C.20701@blue-labs.org> <4022B55B.1090309@wanadoo.es> <20040205154059.6649dd74.akpm@osdl.org> <1076026496.16107.23.camel@athlonxp.bradney.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1076026496.16107.23.camel-V9bJ71E8C7qMuHbpHUh99CT4j+jCus6s@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Craig Bradney Cc: Andrew Morton , david+challenge-response-qokYbnrgTHEgsBAKwltoeQ@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, a.verweij-oe7qfRrRQfeEZXFvZSAUrfP6llvjuJOh@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Craig Bradney wrote: >On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 00:40, Andrew Morton wrote: > =20 > >>Luis Miguel Garc=EDa wrote: >> =20 >> >>>David Ford wrote: >>> >>> =20 >>> >>>>I have the same problem. I "solved" it a while ago by mucking with=20 >>>>the AGP stuff. IIRC, it was turning off AGP fast writes or 8x or=20 >>>>something similar in cmos. Went from incredibly broken to stable=20 >>>>instantly. I'll check my cmos settings in a bit and refresh my memor= y. >>>> >>>>What patches are you using? >>>> =20 >>>> >>>I'm using nforce2-apic.patch and nforce2-disconnect-quirk.patch that=20 >>>Andrew Morton have sent to me. I think they have been included in=20 >>>previous mm kernels but now are droped because they caused some=20 >>>temperature problems for some people with no nforce motherboards. >>> =20 >>> >>Yes, the patch which disables "Halt Disconnect and Stop Grant Disconnec= t" >>apparently causes the CPU to run hot. >> >> =20 >> >>>By the way, is anyone involved in solving the IO-APIC thing in nforce=20 >>>motherboards? Anyone trying a different approach? Anyone contacting=20 >>>nvidia about this problem? >>> =20 >>> >>As far as I know, we're dead in the water on these problems. >> =20 >> > > >One day hopefully this will be sorted in the BIOSes and in mainline. I >keep having to patch for every release (although as thats the only patch >I have to do I'm sure there are many worse off than me). I use the 3com >n/w on my A7N8X Deluxe v2 BIOS 1007 so no need for nforcedeth. > >Best patches are at: >http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/12/21/7 > >Ive applied them to 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 and give no crashes and no heat >issues. > > (XP2600+ runs at 31/32C normal use and 38C compiling with Zalman cooler >+exhaust fans in box) > >Craig > =20 > you mean 31 - 38 C readed from /proc/acpi/temp[........]???? I'm having readings of 53 in idle and even 64 while compiling!! I have=20 no case fan, but I don't think it's so important for this bug difference. by the way, has anyone tried to contact nvidia with detailed information=20 of this bug? Perhaps they can tell us something, not to? ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn