Re: Problem with kernel 2.2.19 Ultra-DMA and SMP, once more

2001-06-03 Thread Magnus . Sandberg
Hi, I guess there are no simple answers... Below I have 3 different answers to my previous questions. As they relate to the same problem,I descided to put them togheter in this mail. Mark Hahn don't realy seams to agree with Andre about if noapic is crippling the system or not. Alan Cox says t

Re: Problem with kernel 2.2.19 Ultra-DMA and SMP, once more

2001-06-02 Thread Magnus . Sandberg
Hi Andre, The motherboard has VIA-chipset. What does this mean for me? Will the APIC-problems be solved in the future or do I have to deside upon running "noapic" semi-crippled or not run Ultra-DMA? _\\|//_ (-0-0-) /

RE: Problem with kernel 2.2.19 Ultra-DMA and SMP, once more

2001-06-01 Thread Juha Saarinen
:: If this is a VIA SMP system there are APIC problems that you :: do not want :: to even think about addressing. :: :: MPS1.1 and passing "noapic" will fix most of there mess, but :: you have a :: semi-crippled system, but it runs. Andre, I don't suppose these APIC problems are documented an

Re: Problem with kernel 2.2.19 Ultra-DMA and SMP, once more

2001-06-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
If this is a VIA SMP system there are APIC problems that you do not want to even think about addressing. MPS1.1 and passing "noapic" will fix most of there mess, but you have a semi-crippled system, but it runs. On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi once more... > > I'm sorry for t

Problem with kernel 2.2.19 Ultra-DMA and SMP, once more

2001-06-01 Thread Magnus . Sandberg
Hi once more... I'm sorry for the layout of this mail. It is written in a web mail system... The attachements are in ASCII format even if the web-mail make it base-64 Now I have compiled a vanilla 2.2.19 kernel and have SMP working, without Ultra-DMA. I used the functional kernel config from 2.2