Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 10:38:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 10:38:02 -0500 Received: from pc1-camc5-0-cust78.cam.cable.ntl.com ([80.4.0.78]:63106 "EHLO amadeus.home.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 10:37:51 -0500 Message-Id: Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:37:45 +0000 (GMT) From: arjan@fenrus.demon.nl To: Jeff Gustafson Subject: Re: SMP 440GX+ hang on boot (2.4.16) cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011208122147.C62182F055@alpha.zimage.com> X-Newsgroups: fenrus.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.3-6.0.1 (i586)) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20011208122147.C62182F055@alpha.zimage.com> you wrote: > Apparently this is a known problem. On this mother board we have a > AIC7xxx controller. We also have a DAC960. When the system tries to mount > the drives on the DAC960 (nothing is connected to the AIC7xxx), the system > hangs. Supposedly the problem is only with UP kernels, but we get hangs > with a SMP compiled kernel! > The funny thing is that the kernels from RH 7.2 (2.4.7-10) and Alan > Cox's latest (2.4.13-ac8) work just fine. The 2.4.16 kernel does not > work. Is there a possiblity that the fix could posted to linux-kernel? > Maybe it could be put into the upcoming 2.4.17 release. Please?? 1) Did you enable ACPI in your own kernel ? 2) Does "noapic" make a difference ? and if neither is true, well, even Intel officially says the 440GX is unsupported in that case. - 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/