Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262182AbVAERXI (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:23:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262287AbVAERXI (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:23:08 -0500 Received: from kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz ([147.32.6.11]:64148 "EHLO kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262182AbVAERWx (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:22:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:22:46 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Drab To: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: APIC/LAPIC hanging problems on nForce2 system. In-Reply-To: <41DC2113.8080604@gmx.de> Message-ID: References: <41DC1AD7.7000705@gmx.de> <41DC2113.8080604@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 822 Lines: 24 On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > Martin Drab schrieb: > Just to avoid confusion: If your bios does *not contain the fix, the > kernel should fix it and above line should appear. (It does here with > 2.6.10) So if it doesn't in your case (and your bios does not contain > that fix), the detection code probably isn't enough. -> This should be > fixed in kernel. > > When you use a fixed bios though, above line should not appear, and your > system should be stable. Is there some other way to get to know whether BIOS contains the fix allready? Martin - 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/