No, it wasn't bundled as-is, I will admit. The machine came with the
SL22V. I added in the second processor. I requested model V, but I got
model T. Still within the same stepping, I thought they could work. I'm
trying to contact the dealer now, as the sale was only a week ago.
I'll also try the vanilla kernel attempt when I get home. Thanks. ;)
Anyonen else? LOL
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Francis Galiegue wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Scott Balmos wrote:
>
> > Hi again fellow cookers,
> >
> > I am trying to install Helium onto an HP Vectra XU 6/200 series server,
> > equipped with dual Pentium Pro-200/256k cache chips. Both of the
> > processors are Stepping 9, but the main processor is a model SL22V, and
> > the secondary is model SL22T.
> >
>
> Was the machine bundled as is? Looks strange.
>
> > When the system boots, it looks like all is going well, until it hits the
> > synchronization part for the two procs. Without trying to hand type what's
> > on the screen, I can basically say that it looks like the kernel
> > calibrates the first processor fine, detects the second processor and
> > calibrates it fine, is able to add together the two BogoMIPS (like we
> > care), and then craps out on this setting the IO-APIC IRQ line.
> >
> > I've had a large amount of experience with computers, but not really with
> > multiproc ones. What the heck is IO-APIC? I'm thinking something like
> > Automatic InterProcessor Communication?
> >
>
> Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller - an evolution of PCs' PICs. Allows
> interrupts to be distributed among processors. No APICs, no SMP.
>
> > Anyway, here are the last few lines before the kernel locks:
> >
> > enabling symmetric IO mode... ...done.
> > ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
> > ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 16
> > Kernel anic: could not set ID
> > in swapper task - not syncing
> >
> > It goes to note, obviously, that I can easily boot into the uniproc
> > version of the multiproc kernel, which is 2.2.15-mdk4secure, if it
> > requires a recompilation.
> >
> > Please let me know if this is a kernel problem, a BIOS thing maybe, or the
> > fact that the two procs have to be both the same stepping and model? Maybe
> > I have to flip them to get the "newer" SL22V in the secondary position?
> >
>
> I'd say that yes, the two processors have to be the same. I've no idea about
> the differences between the two models.
>
> You can try and compile a vanilla SMP kernel (ie, one from ftp.kernel.org) and
> see if you can reproduce the problem.
>
>
