Finding the Correct Kernel Setup for the nForce2 Chipset
General Information
Other people's efforts:
My own trials:
-
kernel 2.4.19
with
preemptible kernel patch
and
config-2.4.19-heebs.1.5
: works (since Jan 28, 2003), does DMA for IDE, but feels a little
jerky at times.
-
kernel
2.4.21-pre7
(needs
patches
to even configure(make xconfig)/compile in my case. I've lost
track of who provided which patch. This is the result of browsing
the March/April kernel mailing list) with
config-2.4.21-pre7-heebs-k7-1gb
: kernel panic
-
kernel
2.4.21-rc1-ac3
with
config-2.4.21-rc1-ac3-heebs.1
: works with APIC+ACPI, with DMA on IDE, so far no luck with ALSA
(modules load, devices are there, but I get no sound - must be
some configuration problem). Also USB devices are not correctly
detected. They show up briefly but disappear (in /proc/bus/usb or
rather with the usbview tool). With ACPI I get system information
which seems correct (mostly informational, but the temperature
shows variations and ranges comparable to those displayed at the
BIOS setup tool).
-
kernel
2.4.21-rc1-ac3
with
config-2.4.21-rc1-ac3-heebs.3
: works without APIC+ACPI, with DMA on IDE. Alsa and USB work
too. I will test this a bit (starting May 1, 2003).
Unfortunately, without ACPI I don't get system information like
temperature. hddtemp still works though. I don't miss APIC much,
as XT-PIC works just as well.
-
kernel
2.5.68
with
config-2.5.68-heebs.1
: stops after decompressing at the "Now booting kernel." prompt.