>
> for those who still have 2.1.97 SMP boot/device problems, here is a 2.1.97
> patch that works around one rather rare BIOS bug. It has a chance to make
> a difference on Dell Poweredge and certain Micronics boards (but other
> boards might be affected as well).
>
> if there is still anyone with a board having fundamental SMP troubles
> around, then please let me know ASAP. Most common 'fundamental' problems:
>
> - 'soft' or 'hard' hang at boot
> or - some device doesnt work at all, driver says something nasty but
> the system works under 2.0.33 or on uniprocessor kernels just
> fine
> or - system boots but strange 'IPI' messages pop up and system hangs
> quickly
> or - [or other symptoms]
>
> it might be that i have accidentally overlooked some bug report, please
> resend in such cases, there we quite many SMP fixes in recent kernels and
> 2.1.97+this_patch is supposed to work in 100% of the cases.
>
> also i'm curious wether those 'jumpy PS2 mouse under X' problems are gone.
>
> -- mingo
>
I can't test until tomorrow morning, but if the "jumpy mouse" is fixed,
you get a raise. :)
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