Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751371AbWH1FwZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:52:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751376AbWH1FwZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:52:25 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:35813 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751371AbWH1FwY (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:52:24 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:52:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Marc Perkel cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc5 In-Reply-To: <44F27C6C.30709@perkel.com> Message-ID: References: <44F27C6C.30709@perkel.com> 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: 1236 Lines: 39 On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Marc Perkel wrote: > > You might want to look at this bug. > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6975 > > The current kernel doesn't run on Asus Motherboards that use the new AM2 CPUs. > Should this be addressed before 2.6.18 is finished? Hmm. Can you verify that the system boots fine if you get rid of acpi_skip_timer_override as per the hint from Prakash Punnoor? That is, in the file arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c, find the place where it does something like ... if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) { acpi_skip_timer_override = 1; printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board " "detected. Ignoring ACPI " "timer override.\n"); } ... and just comment that whole thing out (or at least the assignment that sets the "acpi_skip_timer_override" variable to 1). Andi? You were talking about how the 64-bit machines don't have some of the cruft that the old PC's have.. It looks like they are accumulating _more_ cruft than regular x86 ever had... Linus - 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/