From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267228AbUBMVhZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:37:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267233AbUBMVhY (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:37:24 -0500 Received: from [80.72.36.106] ([80.72.36.106]:43693 "EHLO alpha.polcom.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267228AbUBMVgs (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:36:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:36:44 +0100 (CET) From: Grzegorz Kulewski To: aviv bergman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: is nForce2 good choice under Linux? In-Reply-To: <200402132301.45324.bergmana@barak-online.net> Message-ID: References: <402D3448.7080105@reactivated.net> <200402132301.45324.bergmana@barak-online.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thanks for response! > the shuttle FN41 (sn41g2 xpc) is probably safe - i had very frequent lockups > after upgrading to 2.6.0, flashed to the latest bios, and the system is rock > stable since (2.6.1 w/apic) > > you better check if the specific board you are going to buy has a fixed bios. The newest BIOS for AN7 is 1.4. But there is nothing about APIC in changelogs. How old is the update for Your board? (The oldest BIOS for AN7 is from 2003/11/11, so maybe it has this fix already in?) Thanks again! Grzegorz Kulewski