Re: AMD vs. Intel
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 08:11:55PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Antony Gelberg wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 05:17:08PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> >
> >>There are current known issues with nForce2/AMD combo. It
> >>has to do with a race condition during the C1 disconnect.
> >>The solution is to disable APIC, either in the kernel config
> >>or by passing apic=off (or noapic, I can't remember) on the
> >>kernel command line. Ever since finding out that little gem
> >>(and swithcing to 2.6 kernel) my machine has been rock solid
> >>stable. I can throw anything at it, and not a single lock up.
> >
> >
> >Just to throw some weight behind this, this solution has worked for me
> >on several Athlon / nForce servers I've built. I just removed APIC from
> >the kernel completely.
> >
> >A
> >
> >
>
> Just out of curiosity, how does removing APIC support
> (or disabling it in the BIOS) affect performance?
> What does an APIC do on a single processor machine?
> I understand the point in an SMP setup, but not in
> single processor.
I don't think there is a point. These machines fly, 2600XP+, 512MB,
2x160GB SATA in RAID-1, and I have had no desire to switch APIC back on.
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