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Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:03:54 +0000
From: Daniel Drake <dan@reactivated.net>
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To: Herve Fache <herve.fache@europemail.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux hangs on nVidia nForce2 400 Ultra
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Hi,

Theres been some work done on this issue lately. Originally, my system only 
hung when I had IO-APIC and local APIC support compiled into the kernel. But I 
think other people had hanging problems even without this.

You could first try using a 2.6-mm series kernel, as these include some 
patches which fix nforce2 problems for most people (but not me).

The other option is to try Ross Dickinson's patches:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107199838022614&w=2

If you use Ross's patches, as well as the -mm fixes, you should revert out the 
nforce-disconnect-quirk patch to avoid your CPU getting needlessly hot.

Personally, I have stability running 2.6.1-rc1-mm1 with the disconnect-quirk 
reverted out, Ross's patches, booting with parameter apic_tack=2. I have 
APIC/IOAPIC compiled in and working.

Daniel.

Herve Fache wrote:
> Hi chaps!  
>   
> My system hangs (no oops, nothing) on disk access using either 2.4.23 or 2.6.0. A rather reliable way for me to  
> crash it is to, for example, copy the sources of the Linux kernel.  
>   
> It hanged once on CD-ROM access, which could lead to a more IDE-level problem. Also, the only time it did it in  
> another operating system (humm...) was after it crashed in Linux and I pressed reset (no shut down), which  
> makes me think it could the IDE controller [driver]'s fault...  
>   
> It seems I'm the only one on Earth to have this problem (according to Google), but if there was a way to track it 
> down I'd be happy to try.  
>   
> I have attached my 2.6.0 kernel config for info.  
>   
> Thanks!  
> Herv?.  
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