O.K. I just made a TSC-patch for linux-2.3.1. It should be work fine for
linux-2.2.9 too. You can find my patch from
http://www.ima.umn.edu/~klee/linux-smp.shtml
$ cd /usr/src/linux
$ patch -p1 < TSC-2.3.1-patch
Good Luck,
>
> OK I'll try it. I'm new to kernel patches. Is there a utility I run against my
>source tree to apply the patch?
>
> Cheers,
> Curt
>
> ____Kumsup Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote____
>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have some problems and questions running a linux SMP kernel and X. I built a
>SMP kernel from linux2.2.6 without any problems. Everything boots fine, but X acts
>funny. The window manager (does not matter which one, afterstep, fvwm, olwm, etc.)
>does not track the window focus. I move the mouse and the focus does not change to
>the new window. I even single click on the title bar and the window still does not
>get the focus.
> >>
> >> If I build a 2.2.6 kernel without SMP the windowing system works fine. Argg. Me
>thinks it has to do with interrupts.
> >>
> >> I'm running an older INTEL system that uses dual Pentium 166 Mhz processors. It
>supports Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4 . Below is the boot info from dmesg
>and the info from "cat /proc/cpuinfo" .
> >>
> >> Has anyone ever had this problem?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Curt
> >
> >
> >Hmmm... It looks a like TSC problem. I will put a patch at my home page
> >
> > http://www.ima.umn.edu/~klee/linux-smp.shtml
> >
> >You have to apply it by hand.
> >
> >Good luck,
> >
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