Bug 155461

Summary:	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.18-r2: NVIDIA AM2 mainboard support (backported patch from 2.6.19)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Fabio Erculiani <lxnay>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Fabio Erculiani 2006-11-17 02:53:35 UTC

Hello,
I've backported a 2.6.19 patch that fix the boot hangups on NVIDIA AM2 mainboards:

This is the first:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dfa4698c50bf85b7927214b0e4a3dc4bc3b3c4a9

And the second one:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=e70ea8c09db0e25ab58f84ba7f393e5c9125a8ee;hp=dbaab49f92ff6ae6255762a948375e4036cbdbd2

I've created gentoo-sources-2.6.18-r3 in the "sabayon" overlay adapting the patches above for 2.6.18. I suggest AM2 owners to test those and report back the results. Is there a chance to have those in future g-s-2.6.18 releases?

Comment 1 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-11-17 07:43:56 UTC

These patches make no functional changes overall (compared to 2.6.18):

The first patch removes the ATI quirk, the 2nd patch readds it. The 2nd patch also makes timer_over_8254 default to 1, just like it is in 2.6.18.

However, if someone can demonstrate that this patch does make a difference to 2.6.18 then I'd consider it if the actual problem is also explained. I wouldn't want to apply both of those patches (since the first includes a fairly large cleanup) but would backport any functional changes.

Comment 2 Fabio Erculiani 2006-11-18 01:48:16 UTC

I am going to test those in a couple of days on a known to not work mainboard.