Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 05:57:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 05:56:55 -0400 Received: from harpo.it.uu.se ([130.238.12.34]:28096 "EHLO harpo.it.uu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 05:56:42 -0400 Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 11:55:59 +0200 (MET DST) From: Mikael Pettersson Message-Id: <200104010955.LAA17707@harpo.it.uu.se> To: linux-smp@vger.kernel.org, sgarner@expio.co.nz Subject: Re: Asus CUV4X-D, 2.4.3 crashes at boot Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Simon Garner wrote: >I've compiled kernel 2.4.3 on the following RH7 system, and I'm now getting >random crashes at boot, during IO-APIC initialisation. Random meaning that >sometimes it boots fine, other times it doesn't, and it hangs in different >places (but always around IO-APIC stuff). It almost always hangs after a >cold boot - if I do a Ctrl+Alt+Del then it will usually boot up OK. > >System: Asus CUV4X-D motherboard, Dual P3 800EB. >... >Any ideas? Boot with "nmi_watchdog=0" as a boot parameter. Does it work now? Some people have reported before here that the IO-APIC driven NMI watchdog itself can cause boot-time hangs. /Mikael - 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/