Re: First attempt to boot SMP kernel

Peter Svensson (petersv@df.lth.se)
Thu, 28 Aug 1997 11:24:55 +0200 (MET DST)


On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > > Kernel panic: CPU#0: Attempted flush tlb IPI when not AKP(=255)
> > > > Kernel panic: CPU#0: Attempted flush tlb IPI when not AKP(=255)
> >
> > I had this happen yesterday on my dual-proc (Intel Reference Platform) at
> > work. I had hit init 6 before I realized that I didn't have a boot floppy
> > (doesn't boot from SCSI) and thus ended up with a strange kernel and
> > module set. I still have the kernel and modules and could try to
> > reproduce this if needed.
>
> Good point. An SMP kernel and non SMP modules may well do that

Can we not extend the kernel revision control to also include information
on smp/non-smp? I have once managed to load non-smp modules on an
smp-kernel. Well, except for 20 minutes of fsck:ing no major damage was
done. :)

Peter

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