On 2 September 2011 13:56, Chris Radek <[email protected]> wrote:

> On the machines I've personally seen or helped with, this can always
> be fixed by adding kernel command line arguments.  I think "lapic"
> is the magic one that usually works.  Is your experience otherwise?

Yes, we have seen a few hopeless cases on the forum.

> I'm torn: I'd hate for us to have two separate distributions.  I
> miss the old (single processor) kernel that ran on EVERYTHING.  I
> also would hate to give up SMP support.  Is there a fourth option I
> don't see?

Two kernels in the distribution with alternative build options would
be a possibility. Users with a problem could then set grub to boot the
single-processor kernel instead. I think that EMC2 will run with
either?

-- 
atp
"Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men"

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