Re: Kernel installation woes on Athlon 1100: "hda: lost interrupt".

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

In message <3jXmg-11b-5@gated-at.bofh.it>, Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> 
writes
> On Thursday 06 January 2005 21:20, Joe wrote:
>
> > > Is it a "defect" that requires the noapic option?
> > I think so. I don't believe a mere absence of a feature should stop a
> > kernel booting, particularly a Knoppix one. I think it must be a
> > hardware bug.
> >
> > In fact a quick Google on 'k7s8x noapic bios' suggests that upgrading
> > to version 2.30 of the BIOS will fix it. I'm still not sure I'll
> > bother, I had a bad experience flashing a BIOS a few years ago.
>
> It sounds dodgy to me too.  Am I losing out on anything by just using
> "noapic"?
Presumably a bit of speed. It's about interrupt sharing, and I would 
suppose it's important on systems with high levels of I/O. I'm not too 
bothered about fixing it. Have a look on Google, Microsoft have a fair 
bit to say about APIC.
--
Joe