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List:       linux-smp
Subject:    Re: Cannot boot 2.4.9 SMP kernel on ASUS CUV4X-D motherboard
From:       Matthew Thyer <Matthew.Thyer () dsto ! defence ! gov ! au>
Date:       2001-08-30 7:56:16
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Disabling the secondary IDE controller works but is not acceptable
for what this machine needs to do so for now I am still using the
disable "MPS 1.4 Support" method.

Thanks for the reply.

I see from a web search that Mandrake Forum refers to another
work around at URL: http://mandrakeforum.com/print.php?sid=869
which involves using kernel parameter pirq=15,14,11,9,5,1,0

I have tested this and it does not work for me.

If disabling MPS 1.4 Support (and thus running 1.1 as far as I know)
does not affect performance, then thats OK.  Does anyone know what
I am missing out on with MPS 1.1 ?  I see from the web that 1.4 is
required for more than 4 CPUs but the machine in question has only
2 1GHz PIIIs.

Simon Garner wrote:
> 
> Hi Matthew,
> 
> I had the same problem, and managed to fix it just yesterday.
> 
> Here is what I posted to the list:
> 
> > For anyone else having trouble with a CUV4X-D[LS] motherboard, the most
> > important things to do, I think, are:
> >
> > - Upgrade your BIOS to v1010 from http://www.asus.com.tw
> > - Upgrade to Linux kernel 2.4.9
> > - Disable the secondary IDE controller in BIOS setup (Advanced > Chip
> > Config), and configure any IDE drives manually rather than leaving as Auto
> > Detect.
> >
> > I'm running RH7.1 with a CUV4X-D (dual P3 800EBs), an Adaptec SCSI 29160
> PCI
> > card with a Quantum Atlas as the boot drive, plus a IDE CD-ROM drive on
> the
> > primary master, and it's now happily booting up every time with no
> problems.
> > (I'm *not* running with 'noapic' or with MPS 1.4 disabled.)
> 
> Let me know if this helps you or not.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Simon Garner
> 
> From: "Matthew Thyer" <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au>
> 
> > It boots OK if the BIOS option called "MPS 1.4 Support" is set to
> > "Disabled" (with the BIOS default being "Enabled").
> >
> > It fails with the ASUS BIOS version 1007 (what the motherboard came
> > with) and with the latest ASUS BIOS version 1010.
> >
> > This worked with SUSE Linux 7.1 which used a 2.2 kernel but as soon
> > as we upgraded to a 2.4 kernel (RedHat 7.1 being 2.4.4 or SUSE 7.2
> > also 2.4.4) and it also fails with the 2.4.9 kernel.
> >
> > The error messages that the kernel emits are below:
> >
> >
> > Boot done.
> > ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
> > ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
> > Synchronizing Arb IDs.
> > ..TIMER: vector=31 pin1=2 pin2=0
> > testing the IO APIC.......................
> >
> >  WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please mail
> >           to linux-smp@vger.kernel.org
> > .................................... done.
> > calibrating APIC timer ...
> > ..... CPU clock speed is 1004.4418 MHz.
> > ..... host bus clock speed is 133.9252 MHz.
> > cpu: 0, clocks: 1339252, slice: 446417
> > CPU0<T0:1339248,T1:892816,D:15,S:446417,C:1339252>
> > cpu: 1, clocks: 1339252, slice: 446417
> > CPU1<T0:1339248,T1:446400,D:14,S:446417,C:1339252>
> >
> > --
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