From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266173AbUGETHz (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 15:07:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266175AbUGETHz (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 15:07:55 -0400 Received: from fmr11.intel.com ([192.55.52.31]:44164 "EHLO fmsfmr004.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266173AbUGETHx (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 15:07:53 -0400 Subject: Re: problems getting SMP to work with vanilla 2.4.26 From: Len Brown To: Zack Brown Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1089054464.15675.56.camel@dhcppc4> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3 Date: 05 Jul 2004 15:07:44 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 22:05, Zack Brown wrote: > Hi folks, > > When booting vanilla 2.4.26 with SMP enabled, I get a lockup before > the > boot sequence is completed. The same kernel with SMP disabled boots > and runs > just fine. Both CPUs are detected by the system at bootup, before lilo > takes > over. Here's the error as I wrote it down from the screen, followed by > the > .config file: > > ------------------------------ cut here ------------------------------ > Using local APIC timer interrupts. > Calibrating APIC timer... > ..... CPU clock speed is 1004.4785 MHZ > ..... hostbus clock speed is 133.9304 MHz > cpu: 0, clocks: 1339304, slice: 446434 > CPU0 > cpu: 1, clocks: 1339304, slice: 446434 > CPU1 > ------------------------------ cut here ------------------------------ complete dmesg from success case would help, but try booting with "acpi=off", as that will disable ACPI for CPU enumeration, and if there is a bug in your ACPI tables, it would avoid it. -Len