From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 7 May 2001 14:19:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 7 May 2001 14:18:49 -0400 Received: from nat-hdqt.valinux.com ([198.186.202.17]:54967 "EHLO phenoxide.engr.valinux.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 7 May 2001 14:18:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 11:18:22 -0700 From: Johannes Erdfelt To: Shane Wegner Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.2.20pre1: Problems with SMP Message-ID: <20010507111822.I903@valinux.com> In-Reply-To: <20010506175050.A1968@cm.nu> <20010507102053.A2276@cm.nu> <20010507110250.H903@valinux.com> <20010507111436.A17314@cm.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010507111436.A17314@cm.nu>; from shane@cm.nu on Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:14:36AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 07, 2001, Shane Wegner wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:02:50AM -0700, Johannes Erdfelt wrote: > > On Mon, May 07, 2001, Shane Wegner wrote: > > > > > > That does indeed correct the problem. 2.2.20pre1 now works > > > as expected. > > > > Hmm, that uses a VIA based chipset. I didn't know they did SMP yet. Does > > 2.4 work on this system? > > The last 2.4 kernel I tried was 2.4.3 I believe and it > worked fine more or less. I haven't tried any later 2.4 > kernels yet. That's fine. The I/O APIC code is different and I tried to make the 2.2 code work like the 2.4 code with minimal changes. However, the changes aren't trivial. I'll take a quick look and see if I can find any more significant differences. I wonder if I have a VIA board laying around here. JE