On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Vito Calderone wrote:
> I think I have followed exactly the instruction to build a kernel for SMP...But
> still when I type /proc/cpuinfo this is what I get
> processor : 0
> cpu : 686
> model : Pentium II (Deschutes)
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> stepping : 2
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid : yes
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov 16
>17 mmx 24
> bogomips : 400.59
>
> So I think i still have one processor...
> For info I have uesd the kernel version 2.2.0 and the machine has two Intel Pentium
>II
> 400MHz...
> What else can I do?
One that that worked for me in the past (no kidding:-) was to open the
box and look to be sure that there are really two processors inside. My
very first 2.0.0 kernel I did just what you did and was
amazed/astounded/confused when the box didn't come up SMP -- what was I
doing wrong, I thought.
Then I opened it up and sure enough, my vendor had "forgotten" to give
me the second processor (in three boxes all bought at the same time, at
that). A fairly irate phone call and express mail shipment fixed the
problem.
I'm presuming that you uncommented the SMP=1 line in the Makefile and
all that, of course, and that you are actually using the new kernel you
have built. Sometimes Make driven kernel installs don't put the kernel
in the right place for your distribution -- I always copy the bzImage by
hand where it belongs and rerun lilo, also by hand. If you know how,
you should probably preserve your old kernel and add linux.new or
linux.dual to lilo so that you can back off without a boot floppy if
there are problems.
rgb
Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/
Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305
Durham, N.C. 27708-0305
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