Re: strange 2.4.x behavior on a dual-celeron machine

[Mark Hahn]

> eventually grinds to a halt after a new 2.4.2 (2.4.5 and 2.4.6 also)
> kernel was installed. Worked fine with 2.2.x

2.2 merely ignores APIC errors.  that doesn't mean they don't happen...

> ..... CPU clock speed is 551.2507 MHz.
> ..... host bus clock speed is 100.2273 MHz.

naughty, naughty.  
I've never known any dual FSB100-overclocked celeron machine to run stably.

> APIC error on CPU0: 00(08)

read as "apic hardware detected a corrupt inter-processor message
and automatically retried it".  unfortunately, the checksum is weak,
so with even a modest stream of such errors, there will be uncaught ones.

also, this covered in the kernel FAQ.

regards, mark hahn.