Re: Linux 2.4.0test11-ac1

[Bruce_Holzrichter@infinium.com]

Hello,

I am a relative newcomer to Linux and recently watching the kernel lists.
FWIW, I have a quad Pentium 100 HP netserver that will panic kernel 2.2.x
and 2.4.x (last checked with 2.4 test9) when bios APIC is turned on.  I
know this is not related to what your talking about, and that these are
probably rare systems, but I thought I would let you know.

Thanks,
Bruce H.


                                                                                                 
                    "H. Peter Anvin"                                                             
                    <hpa@transmeta.com>             To:     Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>  
                    Sent by:                        cc:     macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, "H. Peter       
                    linux-kernel-owner@vger.        Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar          
                    kernel.org                      <mingo@chiara.elte.hu>,                      
                                                    linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org                 
                                                    Subject:     Re: Linux 2.4.0test11-ac1       
                    11/22/2000 01:02 PM                                                          
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 




Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > >     if(vendor!=INTEL && !has_apic)
> > >             /* No SMP */
> >
> >  And suddenly certain i486 systems do not work anymore?  Well, I
haven't
>
> i486 is an intel processor
>

... but doesn't announce itself as such.

> >       if (boot_cpu_id != -1U
> >           && APIC_INTEGRATED(apic_version[boot_cpu_id]) && !has_apic)
> >               /* No SMP */
> >
> > It should filter broken MP-tables and work fine on all 82489DX-based
> > systems.  I'll have a patch soon if we agree on this solution.
>
> we could try that. It doesnt seem unreasonable

Seems reasonable enough.

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