Re: Asus CUV4X-D, 2.4.3 crashes at boot
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:40:36AM +1200, Simon Garner wrote: > From: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I've seen the exact same behavior with my CUV4X-D (2x1GHz) under > > > 2.4.2 (debian woody). In addition, the kernel would sometimes hang > > > around NMI watchdog enable. At least, I think it's trying to > > > > Known problem. Thats one reason why -ac trees had nmi watchdog turned off. > > It still crashes with nmi_watchdog turned off. > > Running with noapic fixes it but then the system crashes if you access the > RTC with hwclock (and probably creates a hundred other problems...). > > How can I get this chipset/motherboard supported properly under Linux? I'm > happy to test patches etc. on the box. *pleading* Patience is likely to be effective. The chipset isn't exactly rare being on SMP boards from Gigabyte, MSI, Tyan and Asus, and likely others. I'm betting it will be fixed soon enough. UP and 2.2.x kernels worked fine here if you're really desperate. OTOH, the board is stable once you get past the boot problems... What sort of production system needs frequent unattended boots? Sorry about this, I just don't remember signing any paychecks for what I know is likely to be a non-issue probably before the next time I actually have to do something drastic, like reboot. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] | gravity well, getting old. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Asus CUV4X-D, 2.4.3 crashes at boot
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 04:15:38PM +1200, Simon Garner wrote: > Hi, > > I've compiled kernel 2.4.3 on the following RH7 system, and I'm now getting > random crashes at boot, during IO-APIC initialisation. Random meaning that > sometimes it boots fine, other times it doesn't, and it hangs in different > places (but always around IO-APIC stuff). It almost always hangs after a > cold boot - if I do a Ctrl+Alt+Del then it will usually boot up OK. > > System: Asus CUV4X-D motherboard, Dual P3 800EB. > > The last thing I see on the screen when it hangs is, for example: [snip] I've seen the exact same behavior with my CUV4X-D (2x1GHz) under 2.4.2 (debian woody). In addition, the kernel would sometimes hang around NMI watchdog enable. At least, I think it's trying to `enable'. The hang would occur around 50% of boot attempts. Once booted, everything was stable. A non-SMP 2.4.2 kernel (no IO-APIC either, sorry, didn't test that) always booted without hangs. Strangely, (happily for me,) the boot hangs stopped with 2.4.3. I've booted maybe 10 times (hot and cold) since I built 2.4.3 and I've had no hangs. When I get back to the box, I'll try booting a few dozen more times and see if I can confirm your observation. -- Allen Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Asus CUV4X-D, 2.4.3 crashes at boot
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 09:18:25PM +1200, Simon Garner wrote: > From: "Allen Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I've seen the exact same behavior with my CUV4X-D (2x1GHz) under > > 2.4.2 (debian woody). In addition, the kernel would sometimes hang > > around NMI watchdog enable. At least, I think it's trying to > > `enable'. The hang would occur around 50% of boot attempts. Once > > booted, everything was stable. A non-SMP 2.4.2 kernel (no IO-APIC > > either, sorry, didn't test that) always booted without hangs. > > Yep, sounds like the same problem. > > > > > > Strangely, (happily for me,) the boot hangs stopped with 2.4.3. > > I've booted maybe 10 times (hot and cold) since I built 2.4.3 and > > I've had no hangs. When I get back to the box, I'll try booting > > a few dozen more times and see if I can confirm your observation. > > > > Please do test it. I think you'll find the problem is still very much > present. Yeah, still there. Cold boot only. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
