2.2.8/9 and alphaserver 2100 smp problems

Greg Siekas (siekas@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu)
Mon, 17 May 1999 08:34:43 -0500


I finally got around to trying the latest kernels on a redhat 6.0
alphaserver 2100 smp box. Both 2.2.8 and 2.2.9 kernels hang on
startup. The following is copied from screen.
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Entering SMP Mode
secondary_console_message: on 0 from 1 HALT_REASON 0x0 FLAGS 0x1ee
secondary_console_message: on 0 message is 'P01>>START PO1>>'
smp_boot_cpus: total of 2 Processors ...
start_secondary: commening CPU 1 current fffffc0007fe4000
spinlock stuck at fffffc000032af9c(0) owner swapper at fffffc000032a5d4
spinlock stuck at fffffc000032af9c(1) owner swapper at fffffc000032a5d4
---

I'm using the same config from 2.2.7 for 2.2.8 and 2.2.9, 2.2.7 boots fine.

Greg

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