From: "Earle R. Nietzel" <nietzel@rhinobox.org>
To: linux-smp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SMP Issues with IBM X Series 230 eServer Model 61Y
Date: 14 Aug 2002 19:50:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1029347451.933.5.camel@pc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1029269799.21007.96.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>
On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 22:16, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 21:11, Eric Webber wrote:
> > Linux version 2.4.7-10smp (bhcompile@stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc
> > version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)) #1 SMP Thu Sep 6
> > 17:09:31 EDT 2001
>
> You should update to the current Red Hat errata kernel. We put them out
> for a reason 8)
>
> > WARNING: MP table in the EBDA can be UNSAFE, contact
> > linux-smp@vger.kernel.org if you experience SMP problems!
>
> This is ok by RH 7.1 (its a boot loader issue with old bootloaders). We
> really ought to kill the message nowdays
>
I completely agree on this... I've been on this list for a long time and
this message has caused a lot of emails but I can't recall any of them
where the EBDA was ever written to during boot.
>
> > mtrr: your processor doesn't support write-combining
>
> and this is because you have a serverworks OSB4 - and is fine.
>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-13 20:11 SMP Issues with IBM X Series 230 eServer Model 61Y Eric Webber
2002-08-13 20:16 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-14 17:50 ` Earle R. Nietzel [this message]
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