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

ross.alexander
2003-10-29T14:35:36Z

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
>
>
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