>
> I have an Abit BP6 Motherboard with dual Celerons. I have been running
> Red Hat 6.1 with kernel 2.2.13 (with SMP) for some time with little
> difficulty. Abit recently released a BIOS update to fix some things. I
> flashed my board with the latest update, only to find that my SMP kernels
> no longer will boot. Uniprocessor kernels will boot fine, but SMP will
> not work. The SMP kernel will boot until right after detecting the IDE
> hard disks and cd-rom, and then the machine will reboot instantly. Does
> anyone know why this would happen with a BIOS update? Perhaps a broken
> BIOS? Perhaps a snafu in the kernel that is being tickled by a difference
> in BIOSes ?
This is a known issue, and I suspect that we'll have to blame Abit. The
BP6 is a pain in the ass for a lot of people, and the hardware design
seems buggy.
There is a thread on the kernel mailinglist on this issue.
>
> thanks,
> -Randy
Regards,
Igmar Palsenberg
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