Re: sata_nv + SMP = broken?

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Oct 21 2005 - 07:10:46 EST


Hi,

On Friday, 21 of October 2005 12:33, Vladimir Lazarenko wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Yesterday I've tried launching various kernels on Ahtlon64 Dual-core X2
> 3800+ with MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI motherboard.
>
> The results were a total catastrophica failure. As soon as I enable SMP
> in the kernel, the sata driver would randomly hang after a bit of disk
> activity.

I've been running Linux on Athlon64 X2 w/ Nforce4-based SLI Asus
board (single graphics adapter though) for a couple of months now and
it works just fine.

I'd bet you need to upgrade the BIOS, but if you already have, there's
likely something wrong with the mainboard.

Greetings,
Rafael
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