BP6: APIC, rtl8139 & sound

Per-Henrik Persson (vajper@whatever.nu)
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 06:17:04 +0200 (CEST)


Hi,

I'v been lurking around all archives from this list trying to find an
answer to my problem but with no success so I take the step ant mail it to
this list.

My hardware setup is as following:

Abit BP6, 2xCeleron 366, G400, old Matrox-card, sym53c8xx SCSI, Trident
4DWave NX sound, rtl8139 NIC.

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge
(rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge
(rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Trident Microsystems 4DWave NX (rev
02)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev
10)
00:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c895
(rev 01)
00:0f.0 Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W [Millennium]
(rev 01)
00:13.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366
(rev 01)
00:13.1 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT366
(rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev
03)

cat /proc/interupts:
CPU0 CPU1
0: 79118 75272 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 2261 2358 IO-APIC-edge keyboard
2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
12: 33056 32767 IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse
14: 3 22 IO-APIC-edge ide0
15: 8 24 IO-APIC-edge ide1
16: 0 0 IO-APIC-level mga@PCI:1:0:0
17: 100 94 IO-APIC-level sym53c8xx
18: 45894 45820 IO-APIC-level ide2, eth0
19: 38881 40110 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci, Trident 4DWave PCI
NMI: 0 0
LOC: 154313 154315
ERR: 6994982

I recently made a full reinstall of my Debian-system, from scratch. I also
upgraded to 2.4.3, ALSA for sound. Now I have a lot of problems!

When using my system, not using the NIC, not using sound I get some errors
like:

APIC error on CPU0: 02(02)
APIC error on CPU1: 01(01)
APIC error on CPU0: 02(02)
APIC error on CPU1: 01(01)

If i start to use the NIC, like som browsing on the internet i occassionly
get:

eth0: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0001.

The number of that kind of messages increases with harder network
traffic. A floodping TO my computer generates like 50 messages...

If I then start to use the sound (playing MP3's) i sometimes get _small_
lockups when X won't respond. If I at the same time generate some activity
on the harddisk connected to IDE2 I get longer lockups. A "cat
/proc/interupts" shows that I get a lot of interupt errors :(

Every now and then i get a lockup for like 10 seconds and as you can see
from my /proc/interupts above I get MILLIONS of interrupt errors! A
"dmesg" will give me an infinite stream of APIC-errors...

Do anyone have a solution for my problem?

Last but not least, I haven't joined the kernel-list because I have some
troubles with the internet connection to my mailserver. Would it be
possible to CC all answers to ph@whatever.nu ?

Thanx in advance,

P-H

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