From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SMP broken on pre-ACPI machine.
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:11:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061019201116.GG26530@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061019191644.GE26530@redhat.com>
On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 03:16:44PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> Why smp_found_config isn't set in that guys configuration is a mystery to me,
> as his MPS tables look sane..
>
> MP Table:
> # APIC ID Version State Family Model Step Flags
> # 0 0x10 BSP, usable 6 2 1 0x0381
> # 0 0x10 AP, usable 6 1 7 0xfbff
>
> Hmm, wait, he has unpaired CPUs. I wonder if that's the reason.
> I know *some* combinations of PPro's are valid to be paired, but I'll
> need to dig out the old docs to be sure.
Ok, after reading http://www.intel.com/design/archives/processors/pro/docs/242689.htm
I'm more puzzled than ever. There never was a model 2 Pentium Pro.
Either this BIOS is on crack and putting nonsense in its MPS tables,
or this is a hardware flaw of some sort.
Dave
--
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-19 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-18 22:24 SMP broken on pre-ACPI machine Dave Jones
2006-10-18 23:45 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-10-19 5:33 ` Len Brown
2006-10-19 19:16 ` Dave Jones
2006-10-19 20:11 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2006-10-19 22:17 ` Alan Cox
2006-10-19 23:20 ` Dave Jones
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