Re: SMP 440GX+ hang on boot (2.4.16)

In article <[e-mail]> you wrote:
>        Apparently this is a known problem.  On this mother board we have a
> AIC7xxx controller.  We also have a DAC960.  When the system tries to mount
> the drives on the DAC960 (nothing is connected to the AIC7xxx), the system
> hangs.  Supposedly the problem is only with UP kernels, but we get hangs 
> with a SMP compiled kernel!
>        The funny thing is that the kernels from RH 7.2 (2.4.7-10) and Alan
> Cox's latest (2.4.13-ac8) work just fine.  The 2.4.16 kernel does not 
> work.  Is there a possiblity that the fix could posted to linux-kernel?  
> Maybe it could be put into the upcoming 2.4.17 release.  Please??

1) Did you enable ACPI in your own kernel ?
2) Does "noapic" make a difference ?

and if neither is true, well, even Intel officially says the 440GX is 
unsupported in that case.