On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Jelai Wang wrote:
> >2.2 kernels simply ignore APIC errors, later 2.3 kernels report it. In 99%
> >of the cases it's an indicator of some hardware problem.
>
> Do you think there is a hardware problem with the PR440FX
> motherboards? I've gotten the 2.2 "aiyee APIC" messages on 2.2.11 and
> 2.2.12, but they (and the system lockups) have vanished in 2.2.13.
> Was something fixed specifically with the APIC code in 2.2.13, or do
> you think this is coincidence?
2.2.13 does not change the APIC code, so it could just be lucky timings,
or some unknown effect. At this point i do not rule out that this might be
a problem with Linux, but it seems more likely to be a hw-related problem.
is your box stable if you edit 2.3.25's arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c file
and remove the 3 lines handling APIC_LVTERR?
or, does the box stabilize if you compile 2.3.25 as a Pentium, not PPro?
-- mingo
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