Re: [ACPI] acpi problem with nforce motherboards and ethernet

[Craig Bradney]

On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 12:15, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> > Daniel Drake wrote:
> > 
> >> Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ok, then it makes sense, so you are using APIc with CPU Disconnect 
> >>> and Ross' patch. This explains your low idle temps. As I said this 
> >>> config doesn't work for me.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Have you experimented with the new apic_tack boot options in Ross's 
> >> latest patches?
> >> apic_tack=2 seems to work best for me.
> > 
> > 
> > Stupid me. I haven't thoruoughly read the text. I have not activated the 
> > patch, so I'll try this. thx for pointing out..
> 
> OK, I appended apic_tack=2 and yes, it survives several hdparms! Great, 
> so gonna try if it is really stable.Then I can try =1. CPU cooling down. 
> Already at 46°C. :-)
> 
> Not bad,not bad, though I saw a small performace degration: hdparm gives 
> me 60-61mb/s instead of >62mb/s, but I won't complain. :-)
> 

Ahh yes.. missing the kernel line argument will make a difference. I'm
running apic_tack=2 as well. From what I remember =2 was the "better"
patch option if it made your system stable.

Craig

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