Hi > > I am trying to boot 2.6.20.2 on a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 with f7 stock > > bios. I get the message: > > ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs > > ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=0 apic2=-1 pin2=-1 > > ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC > > ...trying to set up timer (IRQ0) through the 8259A ... failed. > > ...trying to set up timer as Virtual Wire IRQ... failed. > > ...trying to set up timer as ExtINT IRQ... failed :(. > > Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! > > > > I can boot with noapic option but then i only have one processor (AMD X2 > > 3800+ stepping 02). > > > > apic=debug doesn't give any more output than this. > > > > A bios update didn't help to the f7 version didn't help. This error is > > also present with the debian stock kernel. > > > > I thought that this MB should be pretty good supported, given the fact > > that there is an linuxbios in the works for this MB or am i bitten by a > > HW failure? > > Apparently pci=noacpi fixes this. Affirmative, aparentlly it doesn't work without this parameter. > ST (what sort of a name is that?): please raise a report against ACPI It's an short pseudonym to keep an low search engine profile. > at bugzilla.kernel.org, thanks. It's reported as bug 8219. I can't debug with serial console (since i have only one machine at this place) but i'm happy to test patches and stuff. Just tell me :-). Regards ST - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
