From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263787AbUBKNfb (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:35:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264365AbUBKNfb (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:35:31 -0500 Received: from kiuru.kpnet.fi ([193.184.122.21]:34973 "EHLO kiuru.kpnet.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263787AbUBKNf0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:35:26 -0500 Subject: Re: does Linux Kernel 2.2 supports Xeon 2 SMP? From: Markus =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4stbacka?= To: liyongc@lenovo.com Cc: Kernel Mailinglist In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1076505104.3783.1.camel@midux> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:11:44 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 10:05, liyongc@lenovo.com wrote: > Hi, I have a Xeon 2 SMP machine, and install a TurboLinux 6.0 with kernel > 2.2.18-2xx. > When I boot unique processor kernel, everything is OK. when I boot > symmetric multiple processor kernel, there are only two lines displayed on > console: > > and then kernel hang up. > > I wonder if kernel 2.2 does not support Xeon 2 SMP. If Kernel 2.2 really > doesn't support Xeon2 SMP, I'll have to give up .... > > Thanks for you all. Well, it may support it, but not as greatly as 2.4 or 2.6, so why don't you update your kernel to 2.4/2.6? Or is there a specific reason why you want to keep 2.2.18? SMP support in newer kernels are alot better than in the 2.2 series. Markus