RE: nforce2 stability on 2.6.0-test5 and 2.6.0-test9

[Allen Martin]

Hi Ross, can you post the contents of /proc/interrupts, /proc/ide/amd74xx
and /proc/ide/ide*/config, and also the output of "hdparm -I /dev/hd*" for
each of your ATA / ATAPI devices?

If the PIO and UDMA modes are setup correctly I can't think of anything
inside the IDE driver that should be causing random lockups.  I'd be much
more suspicious of ACPI / APIC / interrupt setup.

-Allen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ross.alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:ross.alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:35 AM
> To: Brad House
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: nforce2 stability on 2.6.0-test5 and 2.6.0-test9
> 
> 
> Brad,
> 
> My problem is one of the infamous nforce2 hardlockups.  You 
> don't get any
> kernel panic or anything that useful.  The system just locks 
> up completely
> and has to be manually reset.
> 
> The problem is known to associate with IDE activity and is 
> thought (as far
> as I know) to originate somewhere in the IDE driver.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ross
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> Brad House <brad@xxxxxxxx>
> 10/29/2003 02:13 PM
>  
>         To:     ross.alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         cc:     Brad House <brad_mssw@xxxxxxxxxx>, 
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         Subject:        Re: nforce2 stability on 2.6.0-test5 and 
> 2.6.0-test9
> 
> 
> Hmm, interesting. The patches I submitted were strictly
> for IDE/ATA133 improvements, apparently your problems don't
> lie there.  I'd assume this was a kernel panic you had, any
> output available that would tell you where it paniced ?
> 
> -Brad
> 
> ross.alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Brad,
> > 
> > I'm running an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe mobo (nforce2 chipset) and still
> > getting hardlockups.  I applied your patch but my system 
> still locked
> > up after about a day.  However 2.6.0-test5 seems to be 
> stable.  I have
> > had my system up for over three weeks with APIC and ACPI turned on.
> > 
> > Just to let you know,
> > 
> > Ross
> > 
> > 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------
> > Ross Alexander                           "We demand clearly defined
> > MIS - NEC Europe Limited            boundaries of uncertainty and
> > Work ph: +44 20 8752 3394         doubt."
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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