Re: 2.2.20pre1: Problems with SMP

From: Johannes Erdfelt (jerdfelt@valinux.com)
Date: Mon May 07 2001 - 13:18:22 EST


On Mon, May 07, 2001, Shane Wegner <shane@cm.nu> wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:02:50AM -0700, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> > On Mon, May 07, 2001, Shane Wegner <shane@cm.nu> wrote:
> > >
> > > That does indeed correct the problem. 2.2.20pre1 now works
> > > as expected.
> >
> > Hmm, that uses a VIA based chipset. I didn't know they did SMP yet. Does
> > 2.4 work on this system?
>
> The last 2.4 kernel I tried was 2.4.3 I believe and it
> worked fine more or less. I haven't tried any later 2.4
> kernels yet.

That's fine. The I/O APIC code is different and I tried to make the 2.2
code work like the 2.4 code with minimal changes. However, the changes
aren't trivial. I'll take a quick look and see if I can find any more
significant differences.

I wonder if I have a VIA board laying around here.

JE

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