HT enable on BIOS which doesn't supports it?

From: Michal Semler (volny.cz)
Date: Tue Nov 18 2003 - 10:46:30 EST


Hi, in my laptop Acer TravelMate242 I have HT enabled CPU,

but when I try start up with SMP or LocalAPIC kernel enabled, kernel freezes
during boot time.

Is there any possibility to run HT enabled CPU on my laptop without BIOS
support?

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz
stepping : 9
cpu MHz : 2398.001
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm
bogomips : 4784.12

Thanks a lot

Michal

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