Re: 2.4.18-rcx: Dual P3 + VIA + APIC

[Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>]

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:02:46 +0100
Adam Lackorzynski <adam@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote:

> On Thu Feb 21, 2002 at 21:11:42 +0100, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> > Hm, interestingly there seem to be more people with via+SMP+somewhat
> > problems. Interestingly, because I cannot confirm these troubles,
> > using such a setup myself. Just have a look:
> 
> > (This is Asus CUV4X-D, dual PIII, and a damn lot of stuff inside :-)
> 
> Same MB here, the lspci output is also the same (for the onboard stuff ;).

Ok, this is fine and makes the comparison at least possible to some extent.

> > I compile my kernel (2.4.18-rc2) with the attached config. Please try
> > it and tell your results. I can assure you that this machine runs rock
> > solid over here for months.
> 
> No luck here. Hangs during boot (tried with 2.4.18-rc2-ac2).

Please start from a setup as close to mine as possible. That is 2.4.18-rc2.
In setup switch MPS 1.4 support to disable and Power Management to disable.

> I even updated the BIOS from 1010 to 1014 as well (just in case). What
> BIOS version are you running? And at how many MHz are the CPUs?

I use BIOS 1010, 2 x P3 1 GHz and tried RAM from 512MB to 2GB. Currently installed are 2GB being 2 x 1GB registered DIMM.

Regards,
Stephan