From: Andriy Rysin <arysin@bcsii.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.20, 2.4.22, 2.4.6-test7: system locks up completely when writing to floppy (2.2.20 is ok) - solution
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:28:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F9034BB.1000800@bcsii.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F8DC990.1040203@bcsii.net>
Andriy Rysin wrote:
> I've got two motherboards on which I have this problem, they're ASUS
> P4S533-X and P4S533-MX. When I am trying to write something to a
> floppy the system hangs completely. dd, mkfs or mount + cp are all the
> sme. The floppy does several writing sounds and that's it, the light
> is on. No oppses, no panic no log/console messages. I have this with
> 2.4.20, 2.4.22 both from RedHat and 2.4.6-test7 from
> http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/
> I don't have this with DOS :) or linux 2.2.20 from tomsrtbt floppy and
> I don't have this on any other motherboards.
> I changed floppy, changed floppy cable, tried different BIOS settings,
> changed video card, changed hardrives, booted in S mode. Reproducible
> 100%.
> It seems pretty like this message
> http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0202.2/1557.html
> dmesg from 2.4.22 is below.
> Please CC me if you reply or need more info.
Ok, I've tested kernels from 2.4.0 to 2.4.22 and found that it's a
CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y which causes machine to hang. It seems like on
ASUS P4533 motherboards this option is unsafe so it must be turned off.
In RedHat kernels they turned on it after 2.4.18 that's why I saw the
hangs. Actually the option help says that some machine may hang and
probably it should not be on by default. Luckily I was able to fix that
adding "apm=idle_threshold=100" to the kernel parameters without
recompiling the kernel.
Maybe these motherboards/BIOS should be blacklisted?
Andriy
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-17 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-02 20:14 ext3 crash with 2.4.22: Assertion failure in journal_forget_R10d91946() Andriy Rysin
2003-10-06 22:56 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-10-07 9:11 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2003-10-07 22:18 ` Andriy Rysin
2003-10-15 22:26 ` 2.4.20, 2.4.22, 2.4.6-test7: system locks up completely when writing to floppy (2.2.20 is ok) Andriy Rysin
2003-10-17 18:28 ` Andriy Rysin [this message]
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