Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:49:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:49:20 -0500 Received: from casbah.gatech.edu ([130.207.165.18]:2261 "EHLO casbah.gatech.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:49:05 -0500 Subject: Re: more detailed information about the AMD 1.6+ GHz MP smp-problem From: Rob Myers To: Alan Cox Cc: mw@suk.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 22 Feb 2002 16:49:24 -0500 Message-Id: <1014414565.1231.263.camel@ransom> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 08:41, Alan Cox wrote: > > if anyone knows what bios settings and kernel bits make this board > > stable please pass that info along... > > MP table on > MP table version 1.1 > > You want 2.4.18-rc2 in order to get the fixups for what appears to be a BIOS > PCI compliance config problem. You also may need to remove any 3com gige > cards using broadcom chipsets. ah thank you, those settings work nicely. turns out i had a bad motherboard. the new one seems rock solid (after one day). redhat 7.2 kernels 2.4.7-10 and 2.4.9-21 worked for me, as does 2.4.18-rc4. so if anyone else is having trouble with an asus a7m266d *with the proper bios settings*, its possible (likely?) you've got a bad motherboard. rob. ps- for the record my stable configuration includes 2 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1900+, matrox g200, intel eepro100, hdd, and floppy. [root@localhost root]# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 700c (rev 11) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 700d 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 7440 (rev 04) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 7441 (rev 04) 00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 7443 (rev 03) 00:10.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 7448 (rev 04) 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 01) 02:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) 02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) - 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/