On 12/14/05, Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/14/05, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Siju George wrote: > > > Installed on it is Sarge > > > > > > Linux 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 # x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > > > Both the processors are detected but one is ignored as said in the boot > > > dmesg. > > > > Did you install an smp kernel? For example that'd be linux-k7-smp or > > linux-k8-smp if it exists. > > > > Thankyou so much for the reply > > No! it is located and was installed by someone in the US. I wanted to > make sure everything was OK before I started work on it. > > I think I should install > > http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp > > can I install it as I install a package using apt-get ? >
yes you can :-) just do #apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp and reboot. it will boot the SMP kernel > will I have to re-install packages to support SMP? > no :-) If you are wondering where you will get the latest LAMP packages for amd64 then http://dotdeb.org/news/dotdeb_now_available_for_amd64 Both CPUs are running now. --------------------------------------- # mpstat -P 0 Linux 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp (oss40) 12/13/2005 06:22:06 PM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %irq %soft %idle intr/s 06:22:06 PM 0 0.14 0.00 0.21 0.35 0.00 0.00 99.29 1014.09 # mpstat -P 1 Linux 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp (oss40) 12/13/2005 06:22:38 PM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %irq %soft %idle intr/s 06:22:38 PM 1 0.08 0.00 0.27 0.04 0.00 0.00 99.60 0.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- but what bothers me again are the lines in the new /var/log/dmesg ------------------------------------------- Processor #0 15:5 APIC version 16 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled) Processor #1 15:5 APIC version 16 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x82] disabled) ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x83] disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is LAPIC disabled for the Second Processor? Is it OK? if not how do I fix it?? Thankyou so much for all the help :-) Kind Regards Siju ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
