Re: problems getting SMP to work with vanilla 2.4.26

[Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>]

On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 07:05:43PM -0700, 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<T0:1339296,T1:892848,D:14,S:446434,C:1339304>
> cpu: 1, clocks: 1339304, slice: 446434
> CPU1<T0:1339296,T1:446416,D:12,S:446434,C:1339304>
> ------------------------------ cut here ------------------------------
> 
> At that point the machine just hangs, with no keys recognized, and I have
> to power-cycle the machine in order to boot to a UP kernel.
> 
> I'd appreciate any help I can get with this.

I can't help much really. Tried CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=n ?