From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fred Labrosse Subject: acpi_apic_instance=2 Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 19:11:58 +0100 Message-ID: <200905081911.58294.fred@labrosses.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from relay.ptn-ipout01.plus.net ([212.159.7.35]:26448 "EHLO relay.ptn-ipout01.plus.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751994AbZEHSV6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 14:21:58 -0400 Received: from [87.115.171.100] (helo=[192.168.1.101]) by pih-relay05.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1M2UYA-00086d-UN for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 08 May 2009 19:11:59 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi, The kernel not detecting my dual core pentium when ACPI was enabled, I looked at dmesg and saw: ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0 ACPI: If "acpi_apic_instance=2" works better, notify linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org I therefore tried that and my two cores are now detected properly. So I'm notifying you. Hope this helps. Please tell me if you need more info. Fred