Re: Asus CUV4X-D, 2.4.3 crashes at boot

[Simon Garner]

Hi all,

>
> However, the machine now crashes at "Configuring Kernel Parameters" during
> rc initialisation:
>
>
>         Welcome to Red Hat Linux
>     Press 'I' for interactive startup
>
> Mounting /proc filesystem...        [   OK   ]
> Configuring Kernel Parameters...
>
>
> This is if I type "linux noapic" at the Lilo boot prompt.
>
> Also, what do I lose by running with noapic?
>
>

Just discovered the above is not quite correct - it actually says [  OK  ]
after Configuring Kernel Parameters, and crashes on the next line.

Reading through /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, the next line is where it sets the
system clock. If I comment out the line:

    /sbin/hwclock $CLOCKFLAGS

Then the system will boot OK with 'noapic'. So presumably the system RTC is
not accessed in a SMP-compatible way without APIC.

Anyway, I'm not too happy about having to run without APIC - seems more of a
workaround than a fix. I'm happy to test patches etc if anyone has any
ideas - this problem I presume affects all motherboards using the VIA 694XDP
chipset.

Thanks in advance,

Simon Garner