Re: APIC error on CPUx

[Vladimir Dvorak <dvorakv@vdsoft.org>]

Andi Kleen wrote:

>On Monday 22 May 2006 13:58, Vladimir Dvorak wrote:
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>>Andi Kleen wrote:
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>>>Vladimir Dvorak <dvorakv@vdsoft.org> writes:
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>>>>Linux requisities:
>>>>Debian 3.1
>>>>Linux mailserver 2.6.8-3-686-smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 9 07:05:39 UTC 2006 i686
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>>>That's an ancient kernel.
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>>Yes, I agree.
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>> ... but the latest in Debian/Sarge. :-)
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>>Do you, Andi,  thing that upgrade to latest vanilla one ( from
>>kernel.org ) should solve this problem ?
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>Probably not.
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>>>>GNU/Linux
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>>>>Hardware:
>>>>Intel SR1200
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>>>If it's an <=P3 class machine: most likely you have noise on the APIC bus.
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>>>-Andi
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>>Yes, you are right :
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>>cat /proc/cpuinfo
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>>model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family      1133MHz
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>>"Noise on APIC bus" means - " a lot of interrupts from devices" ?
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>Usually a crappy/broken/misdesigned motherboard.
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>-Andi
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And, probably, the latest question related to this topic:

Can "noapic" or "nolapic" solve this ? Does it mean ( with these
parameters ) that devices will start to use 8259 interrupt controller
instead APIC ?

Is harmfull put "noapic" on "nolapic" to cmdline ?

Thank you.

Vladimir