Re: [ACPI] acpi problem with nforce motherboards and ethernet

Arjen Verweij
2004-02-06T13:34:49Z

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It would probably be more useful if I included the URL as well duh... (thx
Craig)

http://atlas.et.tudelft.nl/verwei90/nforce2/
http://atlas.et.tudelft.nl/verwei90/nforce2/index.html

both should work.

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Craig Bradney wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 12:15, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> > Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> > > Daniel Drake wrote:
> > >
> > >> Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Ok, then it makes sense, so you are using APIc with CPU Disconnect
> > >>> and Ross' patch. This explains your low idle temps. As I said this
> > >>> config doesn't work for me.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Have you experimented with the new apic_tack boot options in Ross's
> > >> latest patches?
> > >> apic_tack=2 seems to work best for me.
> > >
> > >
> > > Stupid me. I haven't thoruoughly read the text. I have not activated the
> > > patch, so I'll try this. thx for pointing out..
> >
> > OK, I appended apic_tack=2 and yes, it survives several hdparms! Great,
> > so gonna try if it is really stable.Then I can try =1. CPU cooling down.
> > Already at 46°C. :-)
> >
> > Not bad,not bad, though I saw a small performace degration: hdparm gives
> > me 60-61mb/s instead of >62mb/s, but I won't complain. :-)
> >
>
> Ahh yes.. missing the kernel line argument will make a difference. I'm
> running apic_tack=2 as well. From what I remember =2 was the "better"
> patch option if it made your system stable.
>
> Craig
>