(8) Question: The system keeps generating abort/reset errors on my SMP system. What’s the problem?
Answer:
Some Linux kernel versions’s APIC support is known to have compatibility problems with specific system chipsets, which can cause the PCI interrupt to be delivered incorrectly. To avoid this problem, try the following:
Pass a “acpi=off” or “noapic” parameter when booting the kernel.
1) Use uniprocessor kernel instead of SMP kernel.
2) Turn off APIC mode in system BIOS.
3) Update system BIOS.
4) Update Linux kernel to newer version.
 
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