From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Vladimir Dvorak <dvorakv@vdsoft.org>
Subject: Re: APIC error on CPUx
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 14:03:16 +0200
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On Monday 22 May 2006 13:58, Vladimir Dvorak wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> >Vladimir Dvorak <dvorakv@vdsoft.org> writes:
> >  
> >
> >>Linux requisities:
> >>Debian 3.1
> >>Linux mailserver 2.6.8-3-686-smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 9 07:05:39 UTC 2006 i686
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >That's an ancient kernel.
> >  
> >
> Yes, I agree.
> 
>  ... but the latest in Debian/Sarge. :-)
> 
> Do you, Andi,  thing that upgrade to latest vanilla one ( from
> kernel.org ) should solve this problem ?

Probably not.

> 
> >  
> >
> >>GNU/Linux
> >>
> >>Hardware:
> >>Intel SR1200
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >If it's an <=P3 class machine: most likely you have noise on the APIC bus.
> >
> >-Andi
> >
> >  
> >
> Yes, you are right :
> 
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
> ...
> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family      1133MHz
> ...
> 
> 
> "Noise on APIC bus" means - " a lot of interrupts from devices" ?

Usually a crappy/broken/misdesigned motherboard.

-Andi
 
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