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!! IDE Controller
-I had some fun getting my hard disk running
in a decent mode with my motherboard. It seems that the [IDE] "fixes" applied between
2.4.20
and 2.4
.21 have broken compatibility for
the nForce2
IDE chipset
and you can only get 16-bit PIO mode
. I
've not yet investigated exactly what changed between
the two
kernels to break this
.
+The ATA100 support for nforce2 boards is mature
in kernel versions
2.4.24
and 2.6
.3. Just be sure to enable
the kernel's nforce2
IDE driver.
+
+!! ACPI
and APIC
+The 2
.4.25 and 2.6.3 kernels support nforce2 boards
' [ACPI|http://www.acpi.info/] (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) implementation. With ACPI and its thermal zone support enabled, userspace programs (e.g. gkrellm) can display
the CPU temperature.
+
+The 2.4.25 and 2.6.3
kernels support nforce2 boards' [APIC|http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/290566.htm]. However, due
to a lingering hardware defect (the C1 disconnect bug) most nforce2 boards will frequently freeze when the kernel's APIC/APIC-IO support is enabled.
+
+The word on the linux kernel mailing list is that shuttle's nforce2 boards have a recent BIOS update that addresses their APIC freeze issue
.
!!GA-7N400
The GA-7N400 is a Gigabyte Socket A motherboard based on the nForce2 chipset. I had a few things catch me out as I got it working with linux.
