SMP no boot in 2.1.110

Matthew G. Marsh (mgm@paktronix.com)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:59:11 -0500 (CDT)

Well - sorry to bother everyone again but I isolated the boot freeze up to
SMP. Brief info here:

2.1.110 is the kernel compiled with a rm -rf of the kernel tree every time
in between just to make sure.

w/SMP & PPro defined freezes at "Checking 'htl' instruction... "
w/SMP & 486 defined freezes at "Checking 'hlt' instruction... "
w/UP & PPro defined boots with no problem

Also tried setting my system BIOS to report MP 1.1 instead of MP 1.4 and
get the same exact error. I have not tried 107-109 yet to see if they have
the same freezeup. I have been running 106 since its release with SMP with
no problems at all.

>Well - Have been running 2.1.106 for a few weeks now no hitches. Went and
>got 2.1.110 and it compiled with only some warnings of redef's. When I go
>to boot it locks the machine solid at "Checking 'hlt' instruction..." -
>never gets to OK. No SySRQ, no response, but it does turn on the NUMLOCK
>on the keyboard.

Machine:

Intel DK440LX Bios Rev 9
(2) P-II 333Mhz
512 M ECC SDRAM
IDE Boot disk & CDROM
(2) AIC-7870 channels
9G Micropolis UW
4.3G Connor narrow
Phillips CDWriter
Sony DAT

If you would like any other info or would like me to try anything let me
know. Thanks!

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Matthew G. Marsh, President
Paktronix Systems, LLC
1506 North 59th Street
Omaha NE 68104
Phone: (402) 553-2288
Email: mgm@paktronix.com
WWW: http://www.paktronix.com
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