Re: APIC-Errors+Crashes on GA 586DX, 2.2.17/2.4.3

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 22 Apr 2001 13:23:12 +0100 (BST)


> > Yes, no APIC means all IRQ are handled by one CPU only, so communication
> > errors about IRQ events on the APIC bus don't care.
>
> Hmmm, so does that mean that those checksum errors have no effect on the
> stability of my system?

If you have a lot of them eventually it will get you.

> How did you do that? The BIOS Option only enables the use of MPS 1.4 for
> single CPU but I could not find an option for switching between 1.1/1.4.
> Is there a way to force the Linux kernel to use 1.4?

It can only use what the BIOS offers.
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