From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261644AbTJ2Owk (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:52:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261648AbTJ2Owj (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:52:39 -0500 Received: from nameserver1.brainwerkz.net ([209.251.159.130]:64148 "EHLO nameserver1.mcve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261644AbTJ2Owg (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:52:36 -0500 Message-ID: <3F9FD42F.3080706@mainstreetsoftworks.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:52:31 -0500 From: Brad House User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031020 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com Cc: Brad House , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: nforce2 stability on 2.6.0-test5 and 2.6.0-test9 References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.76.7.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ross Alexander "We demand clearly defined > MIS - NEC Europe Limited boundaries of uncertainty and > Work ph: +44 20 8752 3394 doubt." > > > > > Brad House > 10/29/2003 02:13 PM > > To: ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com > cc: Brad House , > 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." >> > > > > > > -- ----------------------------- Brad House Sr. Developer Main Street Softworks, Inc. brad@mainstreetsoftworks.com (386) 462-9522 Ext. 112 -----------------------------