[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> "Thomas G�tz" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > one of our customers had an Netfinity 7000 with 2GB Memory and 4 Xeon-400
> > Processor. The System is not running very well with 4 Procs. The Uniprocessor
> > System runs fine. At first we asumed that the graphics could cause the locks
> > but this is not true. We don't run any special application and the computer
> > compile the kernel without problems but if you do nothing the kernel locks
> > after a few minutes.
> >
> > I/O APIC #14 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000.
> > I/O APIC #13 Version 17 at 0xFEC01000.
> > Warning: Multiple IO-APICs not yet supported.
> > Warning: switching to non APIC mode.
> > Processors: 4
> > WARNING: MP table in the EBDA can be UNSAFE, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > if you experience SMP problems!
> > mapped APIC to ffffe000 (fee00000)
> > mapped IOAPIC to ffffd000 (fec00000)
> > Detected 400033054 Hz processor
> >
> > The maschine is currently not a production machine therefore we can test
> > configurations. I hope you could help us.
<wild guess mode>
Have you tried booting with "no-hlt" ? If the machine compiles a kernel
OK then maybe it's just failing to wake up from HLT when it's idle...
I've no idea if this is feasible on an SMP box though (hey, it *is* a
wild guess after all).
</wild guess mode>
Neil
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