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

[Prakash K. Cheemplavam]

> > > I've only ever run athcool to check the status.. and my BIOS doesnt have
> > > disconnect.
> > >
> > > A7N8X Deluxe V2 BIOS 1007.. 11 days uptime here.. haven had a crash
> > > since Ross released those patches ages ago.
> >
> > WITHOUT Disconnect my System is stable, but hotter when idle, so that is 
> > not the point. Ross wanted the patched to work with APIC and Disconnect.
> >
> > DO you guys use APIC (not ACPI)? I use both APIC (and local APIC) and 
> > ACPI. ACPI is not the problem (unless they break something...) but APIC 
> > and CPU Disconnect makes trouble on nforce2.
>
>
> athcool reports:
> nVIDIA nForce2 (10de 01e0) found
> 'Halt Disconnect and Stop Grant Disconnect' bit is enabled.
>
> I have never used athcool to turn it off, and I don't have a BIOS
> option. APIC, local APIC and ACPI are all on.

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.

Prakash
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