> > compliance. Now, typically, the motherboard manufacturers do not say
> > what exactly is in the new BIOS to make the Y2K fix, but they say your
> > system will be compliant if you do the flash.
>
> It does the century rollover. Linux does this as well so you don't have
> to panic about it.
So what's all the whoopla? I knew Linux did good, but I was afraid my
BIOS clock would be dazed and confused. Is this not true?
> > So, does anybody have an idea? Does anyone have this motherboard
> > and BIOS version with relevant experience? Certainly, the BIOS
> > flash did not "unconnect" the IO-APIC pins as the boot log says!
>
> That looks like the BIOS may have lost a few nice features.
Bummer. Am I better off reflashing back to 3.03? I really like(d) the
extra APIC pins...
> > Also, FWIW, there's a new setting in the CMOS setup called "MP Version"
> > which is settable to 1.1 or 1.4. It was on 1.1, I switched it to 1.4,
> > but the Linux kernel boot always says:
> >
> > Jun 12 13:15:48 xenon kernel: Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.1
> We don't actually care bout the 1.4 extras that much.
That's what I thought--I figured the kernel would detect it though.
Brendan
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