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From: "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vladimir@acm.org>
To: linux-smp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel hangs on boot
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:54:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200205010055.g410sxB02331@bach.leonora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:26:46 EDT." <NABBKHMDBHEGCPLPEPAEKEICEKAA.gord@icu.ca>

Upgrade your BIOS (at least to 1010) and set MPS to 1.1. These
recommendations have been repeated many times and are easily found 
by searching the archives.

--- Vladimir

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"GG" == Gordon Gray <gord@icu.ca> writes:

  GG> I hope you can help me.  I upgraded my system from RedHat 7.1 (2.2-smp
  GG> kernel) to RedHat 7.2 (2.4.7-10 kernel).  The smp kernel hangs, but the
  GG> single cpu kernel boots fine.  I decided that perhaps a more recent kernel
  GG> would help resolve my problem (I really do need both CPUs), so I downloaded
  GG> a more recent kernel from RedHat and install it:

  GG> rpm -U kernel-smp-2.4.9-21.i686.rpm

  GG> Same result.

  GG> If you can help me in any way, please let me know, or point me to some place
  GG> that may be able to help.

  GG> Thank-you in advance,

  GG> Gordon Gray.

  GG> Details:

  GG> My system:
  GG>   ASUS CUV4X-D ACPI BIOS revision 1004
  GG>   1179648 KB RAM
  GG>   2 CPUs - Pentium III (Coppermine), GenuineIntel
  GG>   cpu family 6
  GG>   model 8
  GG>   stepping 6

  GG> The error:

  GG> ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
  GG> ... changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
  GG> .. TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0
  GG> testing the IO APIC.......................

  GG> WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please email
  GG>          to linux-smp@vger.kernel.org

  GG> ................................... done.
  GG> Using local APIC timer interrupts.
  GG> calibrating APIC timer ...
  GG> ..... CPU clock speed is 1004.4560 MHz.
  GG> ..... host bus clock speed is 133.9272 MHz.
  GG> cpu: 0, clocks: 1339272, slice: 446424
  GG> CPU0<T0:1339264,T1:892832,D:8,S:446424,C:1339272>
  GG> cpu: 1, clocks: 1339264, slice:446424
  GG> CPU1<T0:1339264,T1:446416,D:0,S:446424,C:1339272>
  GG> checking TSC synchronization across CPUs: passed

  GG> At this point the entire system freezes.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-05-01  0:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-26 20:26 Kernel hangs on boot Gordon Gray
2002-04-26 21:39 ` Jonathan Claxton
2002-04-26 22:30   ` Vladimir G. Ivanovic
2002-04-27 18:11   ` Gordon Gray
2002-04-27 19:10     ` Jonathan Claxton
2002-05-01  0:54 ` Vladimir G. Ivanovic [this message]
2002-05-01  4:04   ` Tal Lancaster

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