Hallo Mark, there is one thing, that is some kind of curious: using 2.4.0-test12pre5 I've many apic errors with CPU1 a n d CPU0: Dec 7 06:52:04 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 04(00) Dec 7 06:52:04 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 02(00) Dec 7 06:52:04 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 04(00) Dec 7 06:52:07 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 02(00) Dec 7 06:52:07 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 04(00) running 2.4.0-test11ac4 apic errors only appear with CPU0: Dec 6 13:41:33 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 01(00) Dec 6 13:41:33 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 02(00) Dec 6 13:42:07 nmb last message repeated 2 times Dec 6 13:42:28 nmb last message repeated 10 times Dec 6 13:42:32 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 04(00) Dec 6 13:42:34 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 02(00) Dec 6 13:42:39 nmb last message repeated 4 times Dec 6 13:42:40 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 08(00) Dec 6 13:42:49 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 02(00) Dec 6 13:42:55 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 08(00) Dec 6 13:43:02 nmb kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 02(00) and n e v e r on CPU1 ! today I will compile 2.4.0-test12pre7 and 'll see.... kind regards Norbert On Friday 01 December 2000 08:36, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > unfortunately, many SMP boards have noisy APIC lines. > > > > Hallo Mark, > > > > thank you for your immediate reply! > > Do APIC errors mean => hardware errors? With the actual kernel > > they are corrected errors. that is, the apic checksums its messages > and retries. obviously, if the corruption is bad enough, it'll hang. > > > (2.4.0-test12pre3) they apear less often... > > there have been tweaks to the kernel code that handles the error > reports, and there have been changes in how the kernel uses apics. > > > Can I do anything to solve this problem besides buying a new board (I do > > not need a new computer ;o))? > > nope. among people who have abit bp6's (very prone to this problem), > a number of voodoo techniques are used, including >=300W power, > fan on the BX chipset, bios updates, etc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
