Re: DMA errors - 2.4.22-pre8 - SiS730 - WD800JB

Rob Shortt
2003-07-29T21:24:05Z

Rob Shortt wrote:
> Lionel Bouton wrote:
>
>> Usually disabling local APIC support solves this (sometimes with nasty
>> side-effects like huge perf drops or lost peripheral support).
>>
>> You can quickly try to pass "noapic" to the kernel and report.

Done, same deal:

Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda1 ro noapic
Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling.
Found and enabled local APIC!

I guess I'll start searching for some SiS APIC patches. Does anyone
know if the 2.6 kernel has SiS APIC problems?

-Rob