On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Dan Creswell wrote:
17: 5267 3420 IO-APIC-level ohci1394, Intel ICH4, nvidia
When I boot X under kernel 2.6, I see the additional nvidia interrupt path as per the 2.4 output (which was taken whilst I was running X).
But, within seconds of this additional interrupt assignment appearing, 2.6 dies a horrible death whilst 2.4 just keeps on rolling.
Two potential reasons:
- the nvidia driver is just broken under 2.6.x
- or a driver bug in ohci1394 _or_ the Intel ICH4 driver, which could become unhappy if they see a lot of interrupts that aren't for them (maybe it uncovers a race).
You can test for the latter by just disabling those drivers, and seeing what happens. If it still breaks, it's nvidia. If the crashes stop, it might _still_ be nvidia, but at that point somebody else might start being interested in it.
Linus