A UP kernel compiled with CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y dies a very horrible
death on an SMP Athlon motherboard (Tyan S2462 and S2468), flooding the
console with the following messages:
...
masked ExtINT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000008
ESR value afteC error on CPU8(08)
<6>APIC <6>APIC error PU0: 08(08)
<6C error on CP08(08)
<6>APICor on CPU0: 08
<6>APIC erro CPU0: 08(08)
PIC error on0: 08(08)
<6>Aerror on CPU0:08)
<6>APIC e on CPU0: 08(06>APIC error oU0: 08(08)
<6C error on CPU8(08)
...
[this is a serial console, and the errors are produced faster than the
console can print them]
The kernel is 2.4.21-pre4, but any recent 2.4/2.5 kernels produce the same
results: 2.4.20, 2.5.62, and Red Hat's 2.4.18-{18.24}. It's not a
machine-specific problem, because it shows up on at least 5 different
machines (all of them dual Athlon, using Tyan MB's). The error message is
always "APIC error on CPU0: 08(08)".
A bit of binary searching between kernel versions shows that the problem
was introduced in 2.4.10-pre12.
The IO-APIC option (CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC) does not matter, only the local
APIC option does. The kernel is compiled for an Athlon (CONFIG_MK7=y and
everything that implies).
Ideas?
Thanks,
Ion
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