From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262381AbUEQTcQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2004 15:32:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262389AbUEQTcQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2004 15:32:16 -0400 Received: from legolas.restena.lu ([158.64.1.34]:29915 "EHLO smtp.restena.lu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262381AbUEQTcN (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2004 15:32:13 -0400 Subject: Re: IO-APIC on nforce2 [PATCH] + [PATCH] for nmi_debug=1 + [PATCH] for idle=C1halt, 2.6.5 From: Craig Bradney To: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" Cc: Jesse Allen , Ross Dickson , Len Brown , a.verweij@student.tudelft.nl, christian.kroener@tu-harburg.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Jamie Lokier , Daniel Drake , Ian Kumlien , Allen Martin In-Reply-To: <40A8D9C2.7070608@gmx.de> References: <200404282133.34887.ross@datscreative.com.au> <20040428205938.GA1995@tesore.local> <200404292144.37479.ross@datscreative.com.au> <20040429202413.GA1982@tesore.local> <40916638.2040202@gmx.de> <20040503204520.GA1994@tesore.local> <40A8D9C2.7070608@gmx.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-xR4fFzHRZHxYRVv+I0fc" Message-Id: <1084822323.9714.0.camel@amilo.bradney.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 21:32:04 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-xR4fFzHRZHxYRVv+I0fc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 17:26, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I just made an interesting finding and would like to have comments from=20 > NVidia: >=20 > Chip Current Value New Value > C17 1F0FFF01 1F01FF01 > C18D 9F0FFF01 9F01FF01 >=20 > In fact I have the newer chip revision (lspci says c1), but due to a=20 > post at Abit Forums I tried to use the value for the older revision on=20 > my board, and guess what: I never had such low idle temps! I am=20 > currently even using nvidia binary graphics driver and usually I would=20 > be having around 49-51=B0C idle temp, but now it is around 45=B0C, and it= =20 > was not the first boot (then the mobo usually shows 5=B0C less). Instead=20 > the temp steadily fell from >50=B0C to 45=B0C. >=20 > (esp @nvidia:) Is there anything evil using the old chip's value for the=20 > new chip? So far I haven't noticed any bad thing about it. Perhaps some=20 > daring nforce2 user with the new revision should try as well. >=20 Isnt it the case that that change is the one that brings about stability? Was indicated before to be the main causing c1halt crashes. Craig --=-xR4fFzHRZHxYRVv+I0fc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAqRMyi+pIEYrr7mQRAstqAJ9XmKjvIm8i0awYykfmJKiqMrVKfQCdGx5V BFQtWcf0GXP8pejkyQqf7Gs= =vuI6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-xR4fFzHRZHxYRVv+I0fc--