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

Brad House
2003-10-29T14:52:40Z

Interesting, I'll search through lkml for that. The only thing
I can say is that we're not seeing that on nForce3 w/x86_64, which
is the only nforce mb I have access to, and it uses basically the
same driver.

-Brad

ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com wrote:
> 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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>
>>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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>
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