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| Newer page: | version 33 | Last edited on Thursday, May 13, 2004 6:29:15 pm | by WilliamBlew | Revert |
| Older page: | version 32 | Last edited on Sunday, May 9, 2004 2:17:54 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
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!! APIC
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 confusing hardware? bug (the C1 disconnect bug) most nforce2 boards frequently freeze when the kernel's APIC/APIC-IO support is enabled. Here is a website that provides some more details: http://atlas.et.tudelft.nl/verwei90/nforce2/index.html
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
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+10-May/2004; kernel 2.6.6 was released and contained fixes for the C1 disconnect (APIC) freeze and for the mapping of the timer interrupt.
!!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.
