Re: APIC usb MPS 1.4 and the 2.4.2 kernel

Helge Hafting
2001-03-13T12:01:02Z

Pete Toscano wrote:
>
> Well, I can't speak for the consequences of noapic (I've wondered as
> much myself), but I know that there's been a problem with SMP 2.4
> kernels (even the 2.4 test kernels) and USB running on VIA chipsets for
> a while now. I'm told by the linux-usb maintainers that it's a problem
> with the PCI IRQ routing for the VIA chipsets, but I've been unable to
> get anyone who knows about this to do anything (and I've been asking for
> a while). Alas, since this stuff is beyond me, I just accept the fact
> that it'll probably always be broke.

There seems to be something wrong with 2.4.2 smp even without usb.
My abit bp6 freeze after a day or so. I have gone back to
2.4.2pre3 and this seems better. I have to run a few more days
to be sure though.

I don't use USB and no devices malfunction - the machine just freeze
in the middle of the night and don't respond to sysrq
or pings. Resetting shows
nothing in the logs.

Helge Hafting