Stefan Reinauer wrote: > * Eric Poulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060510 06:13]: > >> Note that the "fix" is a new BIOS, which is useless to potential LB >> users. Also, the ML (my board) is not on there, but it has the EXACT >> same symptoms. >> > > Does the bios update fix the problem completely? Maybe they do some > smart pci configuration thing or they load a microcode update? > Some people say that it works for them, other people say it's useless.
Upon further reading, there might be two distinct problems: DMA bugs in 8235/8237 and/or Linux CPU scaling (longhaul). > If its pci configuration we might compare the pci config space with the > old and the new factory bios to find out the fix. > Only if the bios actually works, and there isn't any reason to believe it does. Additionally, there isn't a "fix" bios for my board. Best I can do is try the M bios and hope that it works for the ML boards. > Stefan > > -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
