Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:48:59 +0200 | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Subject | Re: nforce2 random lockups - still no solution ? |
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Samuel Kvasnica writes: > Dear Gabor, > > thantks a lot, indeed you are right ! I've been confused by some nforce > FAQs where 'nolapic' option was recommended. In fact I did never check > whether this option > really exists. Now, after recompiling the kernel the framegrabber works > with uncompressed stream for almost 24h and it is rock-solid. > > So, a workaround recommendation for all using ivtv driver on nforce2 > chipsets and kernels up to 2.4.22: > > *** RECOMPILE YOUR KERNEL WITH LOCAL APIC DISABLED ***, > > otherwise you'll experience very rare random lockups while watching the > compressed stream and lockups within 10 minutes when watching the > uncompressed > yuv stream. > > What I'd like to know is whether this bug is AMD processor or chipset > related.
Chipset and/or BIOS. AMD processors are known to work in other mobos.
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