RE: nforce2 stability on 2.6.0-test5 and 2.6.0-test9

Allen Martin
2003-10-29T19:18:25Z

Hi Ross, can you post the contents of /proc/interrupts, /proc/ide/amd74xx
and /proc/ide/ide*/config, and also the output of "hdparm -I /dev/hd*" for
each of your ATA / ATAPI devices?

If the PIO and UDMA modes are setup correctly I can't think of anything
inside the IDE driver that should be causing random lockups. I'd be much
more suspicious of ACPI / APIC / interrupt setup.

-Allen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com
> [mailto:ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:35 AM
> To: Brad House
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: nforce2 stability on 2.6.0-test5 and 2.6.0-test9
>
>
> Brad,
>
> My problem is one of the infamous nforce2 hardlockups. You
> don't get any
> kernel panic or anything that useful. The system just locks
> up completely
> and has to be manually reset.
>
> The problem is known to associate with IDE activity and is
> thought (as far
> as I know) to originate somewhere in the IDE driver.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ross
>
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>
>
>
> Brad House <brad@mcve.com>
> 10/29/2003 02:13 PM
>
> To: ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com
> cc: Brad House <brad_mssw@gentoo.org>,
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: nforce2 stability on 2.6.0-test5 and
> 2.6.0-test9
>
>
> Hmm, interesting. The patches I submitted were strictly
> for IDE/ATA133 improvements, apparently your problems don't
> lie there. I'd assume this was a kernel panic you had, any
> output available that would tell you where it paniced ?
>
> -Brad
>
> ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com wrote:
> > Brad,
> >
> > I'm running an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe mobo (nforce2 chipset) and still
> > getting hardlockups. I applied your patch but my system
> still locked
> > up after about a day. However 2.6.0-test5 seems to be
> stable. I have
> > had my system up for over three weeks with APIC and ACPI turned on.
> >
> > Just to let you know,
> >
> > Ross
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------
> > Ross Alexander "We demand clearly defined
> > MIS - NEC Europe Limited boundaries of uncertainty and
> > Work ph: +44 20 8752 3394 doubt."
> >
>
>
>
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