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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:38:08 +0200
From: Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl>
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 05:01:43PM +0200, Marc Olzheim wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:40:10AM -0400, Don Bowman wrote:
> > The problem is with the periodic SMM interrupt and the bios.
> >=20
> > The attached program (ich-periodic-smm-disable.c) will fix the problem.
> > For more information on what it does, see the Intel ICH3 datasheet.
> >=20
> > compile as 'gcc ich-periodic-smm-disable.c; ./a.out' and you will be
> > good.
> > Run this on each boot.
> >=20
> > I think you only need to clear PERIODIC_EN.
>=20
> Ok, I'll try it right away, thanks a lot!

This clearly solves it. The machines are now up for longer than a week
for the first time since I booted FreeBSD 5.x on them.

Thanks again!

Marc

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