Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754103AbWKLQrN (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:47:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754164AbWKLQrN (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:47:13 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:40713 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754103AbWKLQrM (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:47:12 -0500 Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:47:16 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Patrick McFarland Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , David Howells , Neil Brown , "bugme-daemon@kernel-bugs.osdl.org" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alex@hausnet.ru, mingo@redhat.com Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 7495] New: Kernel periodically hangs. Message-ID: <20061112164716.GB3382@stusta.de> References: <20061111100038.6277efd4.akpm@osdl.org> <1163340998.3293.131.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20061112152154.GA3382@stusta.de> <200611121059.55454.diablod3@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200611121059.55454.diablod3@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1207 Lines: 32 On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 10:59:55AM -0500, Patrick McFarland wrote: >... > Socket A CPUs are also ungodly common. They're as common as slot 1/socket 370 > Pentium 3s, and, at least with my old P3 board, trying to use APIC on UP > caused lockups. My Duron 1ghz laptop also does the same thing. (Booting > either with noapic fixes it). >... It might depend on the age of your computer. Microsoft mandates the presence of an APIC implemented per MADT and all hardware interrupts connected to an IOAPIC for all servers and desktops with a "Designed for Windows XP" sticker. This implies more or less that a working APIC is present in all non-laptop x86 UP systems manufactured during the last 5 years. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/