I have been running a GB board now for a long time on my latest rig, largely unproblematic.
Best, Christopher Svanefalk On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. < eoconno...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 08/07/2012 12:12 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: > >> Στις 2/8/2012 14:28, ο/η Heinz Diehl έγραψε: >> >>> On 02.08.2012, Georgios Petasis wrote: >>> >>> So, this is a processor bug? I would expect that Linux should detect >>>> these >>>> automatically... >>>> >>> If I remember all correctly, there were two mainly independend issues >>> with C1E in Linux, one which is processor-related, and one >>> BIOS-related. Processor-bugs are adressed by loading fixes via >>> microcode updates at boot-time. Check your dmesg output if this is the >>> case with your CPU. There should be something like that (laptop with i5 >>> cpu): >>> >>> [root@wildsau ~]# dmesg | grep microcode >>> microcode: CPU0 sig=0x20655, pf=0x10, revision=0x2 >>> microcode: CPU0 updated to revision 0x3, date = 2011-09-01 >>> microcode: CPU1 sig=0x20655, pf=0x10, revision=0x2 >>> microcode: CPU1 updated to revision 0x3, date = 2011-09-01 >>> microcode: CPU2 sig=0x20655, pf=0x10, revision=0x2 >>> microcode: CPU2 updated to revision 0x3, date = 2011-09-01 >>> microcode: CPU3 sig=0x20655, pf=0x10, revision=0x2 >>> microcode: CPU3 updated to revision 0x3, date = 2011-09-01 >>> microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tig...@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, >>> Peter Oruba >>> >>> So, my AMD 920 cpu is not only slow, it has also some errata >>>> incompatible >>>> with Fedora. Nice :D >>>> >>> Nearly all CPUs have errata :-) >>> >>> The problem you encounter is not a Fedora one, it's most likely a >>> BIOS-problem, or the E400 routines in the kernel doesn't get triggered >>> by your hardware. It's impossible for me to see where the problem >>> finally originates in your case. The AMD people are generally cute ones >>> and really >>> interested in such thing, so if you care to dig into this further, you >>> could consider mailing Borislav Petkov directly >>> (borislav.pet...@amd.com). >>> >>> If I remember that right, there was a fix pending around april/may >>> 2011 for this, and a quick look into process.c shows that the E400 >>> case is taken care of by the kernel. Look into your dmesg output and >>> boot.log (and other logfiles: /var/log/messages etc.) for "AMD E400 >>> aware idle routine" or something similar/related. >>> >>> I am glad that the motherboard maker (Gigabyte) found a nice solution >> for me. This is their reply: >> >> Dear George Petasis, >> >> Thank you for your kindly mail. Since all GIGABYTE MBs can fully support >> Windows OS without any problem. We suggest you can back up your data and >> reintall genuine Windows OS and then you can install supporting driver to >> run your system. However, your valuable feedback regarding to Linux will be >> noted to improve our future hardware design. >> >> If you still have any further question or suggestion about our >> products/service, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will try our >> best to help you resolve the problem ASAP. >> >> Best Regards, >> GIGABYTE >> >> Actually their answer to linux not booting without >> acpi_skip_timer_override, is "install windows". >> But after backing up your data :D >> >> Regards, >> >> When it comes to Windows related hardware, that's going to be the >> solution 9 times out of 10! Save yer' data and re-install! Mind you there >> has been a time or two when I've had to re-install a Linux OS but it was >> almost always "Operator Error" than the hardware / software. >> > > > EGO I > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/users<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users> > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Mailing_list_guidelines<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines> > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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