Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751232AbWCWPFo (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:05:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751440AbWCWPFn (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:05:43 -0500 Received: from armagnac.ifi.unizh.ch ([130.60.75.72]:59113 "EHLO albatross.madduck.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751232AbWCWPFn (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:05:43 -0500 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:04:24 +0100 From: martin f krafft To: linux kernel mailing list Subject: APIC error and APIC in general Message-ID: <20060323150424.GA2001@lapse.madduck.net> Mail-Followup-To: linux kernel mailing list References: <20060323145507.7B4E080ADBD@bell.madduck.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060323145507.7B4E080ADBD@bell.madduck.net> X-OS: Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable kernel 2.6.15-1-686 i686 X-Motto: Keep the good times rollin' X-Subliminal-Message: debian/rules! X-Spamtrap: madduck.bogus@madduck.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1450 Lines: 46 --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Mar 23 15:54:20 cirrus kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 00(40) I've been getting error like this various times now. The web says it's usually a hardware problem, defective motherboard, or the like. The general solution is to append 'noapic' at boot. Sure, this works, but... What are the benefits of APIC anyway, and what will I lose if I disable it? --=20 martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" net@madduck =20 spamtraps: madduck.bogus@madduck.net =20 "reife des mannes, das ist es, den ernst wiedergefunden zu haben, den man hatte als kind beim spiel." -- friedrich nietzsche --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature (GPG/PGP) Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEIrj4IgvIgzMMSnURAsNxAJ4+3VFD6gFdUzT+B+gFJmrcGRBtRwCeK70s xGbLAHUpsf00c6zFRQJYRIs= =QuI3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv-- - 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/