From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262218AbVERVng (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 17:43:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262215AbVERVng (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 17:43:36 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:25780 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262218AbVERVn2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 17:43:28 -0400 Message-ID: <428BB602.2040909@tmr.com> Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:39:14 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What is needed to boot 2.6 on opteron dual core References: <213219CA6232F94E989A9A5354135D2F0936FE@frqexc04.emea.cpqcorp.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andi Kleen wrote: > "Cabaniols, Sebastien" 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