On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Jan Visek wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I installed Linux Slackware 3.6 on a dual 400MHz PII PC which uses new
> SOYO dual PII motherboard SY-D6IBA. However my new kernel (2.0.35 with
> SMP flag on) doesn't work correctly. The second CPU reports a very low
> bogomips value while the first one reports normal value and the system
> goes so slowly. I tried development kernel 2.1.129 but with the same
> results.
>
> I found in SMP-FAQ it is probably because of buggy BIOS. Does exist any
> patch to correct this bug or I have to wait for my vendor's BIOS update?
You also, I hope, looked in /proc/cpuinfo to verify that your CPU's have
the same stepping?
rgb
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