Re: [LinuxBIOS] CONFIG_LB_MEM_TOPK (and a patch)

[Lu, Yinghai]

Please try another switch

In southbridge/amd/amd8111/amd8111_pci.c

Line dword |= (1<<27) /* discard Timer */
===> dword &= ~(1<<27);

YH

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Ward Vandewege
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 7:15 AM
To: Alan Mimms
Cc: [e-mail]; Lu, Yinghai
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] CONFIG_LB_MEM_TOPK (and a patch)

On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 04:00:28PM -0700, Alan Mimms wrote:
> The code should be setting the 1<<4 bit (so as to clear one of the

error
> bits) instead of 1<<6 (the read only bit that signals end of HT bus
> chain).
>
> After making this change, your board won't hang when the BIOS or Linux
> detects a need to reboot due to some fatal error.
>
> This is a pretty trivial change to an error case that hardly ever

occurs
> but was crucial for us.  I claim this change is safe and correct and
> should be merged into the main line code.

Yes, please merge that change!

Our box now keeps rebooting itself instead of crashing - have a look at
the
attached boot log. Maybe this will be more of a clue as to what exactly
is
happening? Anyone got anymore ideas?

Thanks, Alan!!
Ward.