Subject: Re: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work - 2.6.20-rc5 on abit KN9-Ultra
	bios 1.6
From: Eamonn Hamilton <EAMONN.HAMILTON@saic.com>
To: Luming Yu <luming.yu@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:21:40 +0000
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I've also just found bug #7820 on bugzilla which has a patch which may
address this issue from Ingo.

I'll give that a shot as well.

Cheers,
Eamonn

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 23:21 +0800, Luming Yu wrote:
> what about acpi=off?
> 
> On 1/24/07, Eamonn Hamilton <EAMONN.HAMILTON@saic.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I can't get any kernel up to 2.6.20-rc5 to boot without using noapic on
> > an ABIT KN9-Ultra with a dual-core Athlon.
> >
> > I booted with apic=debug as suggested and got the following :
> >
> > ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
> > .. TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=0 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
> > .. MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
> > ... trying to set up timer (IRQ0) through the 8252A ... failed
> > ... trying to set up timer as Virtual Wire IRQ ... failed
> > ... trying to set up timer as ExtINT IRQ ... failed :(
> >
> > The bios is the latest, although in various posts on the web it would
> > appear this occurs in older versions also.
> >
> > What can I do to help resolve this?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eamonn
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> > Eamonn Hamilton <eamonn.hamilton@saic.com>
> >
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