From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What is needed to boot 2.6 on opteron dual core
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:39:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <428BB602.2040909@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1br7a804l.fsf@muc.de>
Andi Kleen wrote:
> "Cabaniols, Sebastien" <sebastien.cabaniols@hp.com> writes:
>
>
>>Hello lkml,
>>
>>I am trying to boot a dual core Opteron box with linux 2.6 and it is
>>crashing very early (swapper process dies, backtrace shows SMP_boot....
>>Stuff) and I was wondering what patches are needed to boot a 2.6 kernel
>>on a dual core machine.
>
>
> It should work with most kernels. Just the level of tuning
> during runtime varies (with more tuning the newer the kernel)
> Certainly does for me at least on the AMD reference motherboards/BIOS.
Could you clarify that? I have to install one when it comes in to the
owner, and I'm not sure how you would do "runtime tuning" if it doesn't
boot. Did you mean boot parameters, BIOS diddling, or ???
I didn't order the unit, but I believe it's an IBM rack mounted 2U case,
whatever that might be.
--
-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-18 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-17 11:48 What is needed to boot 2.6 on opteron dual core Cabaniols, Sebastien
2005-05-17 13:15 ` Andi Kleen
2005-05-18 21:39 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2005-05-18 22:01 ` Andi Kleen
2005-05-23 20:24 ` Bill Davidsen
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2005-05-24 12:22 Cabaniols, Sebastien
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