From: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" <PrakashKC@gmx.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: CaT <cat@zip.com.au>,
B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: libata + siI3112 + 2.6.5-rc3 hang
Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 13:58:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <409390F8.2010007@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040430222157.17f5db82.akpm@osdl.org>
Andrew Morton wrote:
> CaT <cat@zip.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Here's the patch that Joe sent me. It doesn't apply cleanly mainly due
>> to formatting errors in the patch but a bit of manual fixerupping made
>> it all apply.
>>
>> --- 8< ---
>> --- linux-2.6.4-orig/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c 2004-03-11
>> 03:55:36.000000000 +0100
>> +++ linux-2.6.4/arch/i386/pci/fixup.c 2004-03-16 13:12:25.706569480 +0100
>> @@ -187,6 +187,22 @@
>> dev->transparent = 1;
>> }
>>
>> +/*
>> + * Halt Disconnect and Stop Grant Disconnect (bit 4 at offset 0x6F)
>> + * must be disabled when APIC is used (or lockups will happen).
>> + */
>
>
> I had this in -mm for a while. Ended up dropping it because it made some
> people's CPUs run warmer and because it "wasn't the right fix".
>
> Does anyone know what the right fix is? If not, it seems that a warm CPU
> is better than a non-functional box. Maybe enable it via a boot option?
Ross' C1halt idle patch is the right thing to take. No fix, but stable
work-around.
Prakash
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-01 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-29 23:42 libata + siI3112 + 2.6.5-rc3 hang CaT
2004-04-30 0:08 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-04-30 0:39 ` CaT
2004-04-30 9:39 ` CaT
2004-04-30 16:00 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-05-01 3:08 ` CaT
2004-05-01 5:21 ` Andrew Morton
2004-05-01 11:58 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam [this message]
2004-05-01 15:15 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-05-01 15:58 ` CaT
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2004-05-01 3:53 Marcus Hartig
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