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From: John <linux.kernel@free.fr>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>,
	mingo@elte.hu, akpm@osdl.org, linux-apps@vger.kernel.org,
	linux.kernel@free.fr
Subject: Re: 2.6.20.3-rt8 - DMA suffers excessive delay periodically
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:04:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <460BB958.4070307@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <75b66ecd0703280916v5a9ed49u2f2549a455e832f1@mail.gmail.com>

Lee Revell wrote:

> John wrote:
> 
>> Would someone know how to disable SMM in this BIOS?
> 
> There's no generic way.

I understand. Would someone know how to disable SMM in the VIA Pro133T 
chipset (VT82C596B south bridge). What I/O ports do I need to write to, 
and what values should I write to these ports?

> Try disabling USB keyboard emulation and any unused peripherals.

I have disabled everything I could find in the BIOS. Serial and parallel 
ports, USB, integrated sound, APM, ACPI, booting from exotic hardware or 
from the network. To no avail :-(

> Also google "RTAI disable SMM".

I see that they have a Linux kernel module to disable SMM in Intel 
chipsets. But I didn't see the equivalent for VIA chipsets.

>>> Is this a laptop?  They are plagued with SMM problems...
>>
>> No it is an "indutrial" motherboard.
>> Although I don't know what makes it "industrial".
> 
> One would really hope that such a device would be designed for machine
> control and similar RT apps and thus free of SMM...

Indeed...

I wonder if VIA thinks their old chipsets were industrial-grade.

Regards.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-29 13:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-27 16:32 2.6.20.3-rt8 - DMA suffers excessive delay periodically John
2007-03-27 20:41 ` Lee Revell
2007-03-28  8:38   ` John
2007-03-28 16:16     ` Lee Revell
2007-03-29 13:04       ` John [this message]
2007-03-29 18:45     ` Kevin Perros
2007-03-29 19:31       ` Lee Revell
2007-03-29 21:33         ` Alan Cox

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