Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:25:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:24:58 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([194.221.183.20]:49130 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:24:48 -0500 From: "Matthias.Kleine" Reply-To: Kleine_Matthias@gmx.de Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 01:30:14 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.1.99] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: Maybe a bug MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01022501301401.02374@delphin> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > Hmm, you state the watchdog works from time to time and the log you > provided confirms the statement -- it reports: > > ..TIMER: vector=49 pin1=2 pin2=0 > > activating NMI Watchdog ... done. Yes, but I reach this message only once of 10 trials to boot. The other nine trials I just reach activating NMI Watchdog ... followed by no "done" (and not followed by anything else). > What chipset do you use (check with lspci)? 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev c4) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP] 00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev 40) 00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 06) 00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 16) 00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 16) 00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 00:09.0 Network controller: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH A1 ISDN [Fritz] (rev 02) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10000 (rev 07) 00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 07) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 (Geforce2 GTS) (rev a3) > In any case the code should not hang there in any case -- it the watchdog > appears stuck, it reports it and goes on. A hang almost surely means > hardware locked up. Yes, but why only with the 2.4.x kernels. I am using a 2.2.17 smp kernel without problems. Regards, Matthias - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/