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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.
+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. While recent progress seems to be happening, my ABIT NF7-S (rev2) board still freezes with kernel 2.6.3
!!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.
