problem booting 4.x kernels

[Daniel Anderson]

On 08/27/2016 05:36 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:33:23 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 05:13:45 -0400, Daniel Anderson wrote:
>>> Sorry about the low info, nothing is logged, when booting with Ubuntu
>>> 14.04 with 4.x kernel this shows on screen and computer stops.
>>>
>>> [	0.174111] [Firmware bug]: AMD-Vi: IOAPIC[7] not in IVRS table
>>> [	0.174152] [Firmware bug]: AMD-Vi: IOAPIC[8] not in IVRS table
>>> [	0.174190] [Firmware bug]: AMD-Vi: No southbridge IOAPIC found
>>> [	0.174229] AMD-Vi: Disableing interrupt remapping
>>
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> https://www.google.de/#q=[Firmware+bug]:+AMD-Vi:+No+southbridge+IOAPIC+found
>>
>> the first hit
>>
>> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2254677
>>
>> already might provide a solution.
>>
>> If you take a look at launchpad you'll notice the recommendation to
>> report it upstream, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel .
>>
>> Maybe it's also worth to check if there is a BIOS update available.
>>
>> https://www.google.de/#q=bios+update+M5a97+R2.0+ASUSTeK
>
> Oops, this was the wrong link.
>
> https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/HelpDesk_Download/
>
>
>> So the latest is Version 2603 from 2015/07/24. Linux isn't mentioned by
>> no release note of any version.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
>
>
Changing /etc/default/grub got me booted in 14.04, updated the bios to 
latest version, still can't boot 16.04 install disk or fedora 23 both 
have 4.x kernels. Guess the bios is just broken. Thanks for the help!

Dan