Pierre Brua wrote:
> A temporary workaround would be to deactivate the ioapic handling with
> the append="noapic" option of your lilo configuration, with the side
> effect to centralize interrupt handling on the first processor and lower
> the number of interrupt lines available for the system.
I tried this and the system finally booted on the SMP kernel. However, I
am wondering, are there any drawbacks to disabling APIC?
> A better workaround would be to send such a server to a linux smp guy
> (those answering your request in the linux-smp mailing list for example
> ;-) ) with complete technical documentation on the way it handles ioapic
> so the problem can be fixed definitely in the linux kernel by a proper
> handling of your motherboard.
Unfortunately this is not an option for me. The Netserver I have belongs
to HP. I am allowed to use it for pretty much anything I want, but it
can't be taken off-site. However, I would be happy to assist in testing
any code changes that might improve the kernel's ability to work on this
machine.
I tried looking around for technical documentation regarding the BIOS and
motherboard, but I was unable to turn up anything that looked even remotely
useful.
> Which motherboard do you have in your server ? Specific hp customized
> one ?
The motherboard is HP's motherboard. The part number on the motherboard is
D2182-60001. It has a dual-processor CPU card with 2 66MHz Pentium
processors. It appears to be using an Intel, possibly DX (??), chipset
(There are quite a few chips on the motherboard with Intel's logo on them).
Thanks for the info!
-Eric
--
*********************************************************************
********* / / ************** *
******* / / ************ Eric Gilmore *
***** / /___ _____ ********** Hewlett-Packard Company *
**** / __ // __ / ********* Roseville Response Center *
**** / / / // /_/ / ********* 8000 Foothills Blvd, MS 5713 *
***** /_/ /_// /___/ ********** Roseville, California 95747 *
******* / / ************ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
********* / / ************** *
*********************************************************************
-
Linux SMP list: FIRST see FAQ at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/dmentre/smp-howto/
To Unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe linux-smp" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
