SMP problem in 2.2.x, not in 2.0.36

Eric Dittman (DITTMAN@skitzo.rsc.raytheon.com)
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 17:16:33 -0600

I just bought a new dual PII motherboard (Gigabyte 6BXDS)
and replaced my old PII motherboard (Gigabyte 6BXC). I
was using 2.2.1, so I did a make config, turned on SMP,
and then did a make clean ; make dep ; make bzImage. I
copied this image over to /boot, added an entry in lilo.conf
and ran lilo, then rebooted. The new kernel was able to
detect and use both CPUs, but in X I have to sometimes click
several times on a window to raise it. I downloaded and built
2.2.2 and have the same problem.

I had 2.0.36 still in my source directory, so I build an
SMP kernel of that and tried it. X had no problems. I
thought the window manager I was using (WindowMaker) may
be the problem, so I switched to fvwm. No change. Any
ideas? This is my first time trying to use Linux SMP.

-- 
Eric Dittman           Raytheon Systems Company - Component Test Facility
dittman@NOSPAM.ti.com                                      (972) 462-4292
Disclaimer:  Not even my opinions.  I found them by the side of the road.


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