I specified "noapic" when installing RedHat 6.2. However,
here's this clip from my /var/log/messages:
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: OEM ID: INTEL Product ID: 440FX APIC at:
0xFEE00000
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: Processor #1 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: Processor #0 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000.
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: Processors: 2
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: mapped APIC to ffffe000 (fee00000)
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: mapped IOAPIC to ffffd000 (fec00000)
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: relocating initrd image:
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: initrd_start:0xc0f97000 initrd_end:0xc0fff0be
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: mem_start:0xc0285000 mem_end:0xcc000000
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: initrd_size:0x000680be dest:0xcbf97000
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: Detected 199311194 Hz processor.
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Apr 15 14:48:41 slave1 kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 198.66 BogoMIPS
Apr 15 14:48:42 slave1 kernel: Memory: 192268k/196608k available (1112k kernel code,
420k reserved, 2316k data, 72k init, 0k bigmem)
My question is this -- is it using the APIC or is it just
recognizing it and then ignoring it? The reason I chose to
use "noapic" by default is that when I had Mandrake 6.0
installed, it would always lock on trying to scan the IDE
bus, but specifying "noapic" at the LILO prompt would allow
me to complete booting.
I'm not even sure if I need the "noapic" option any
more.... Here's my system:
Dual PPro 200 Mhz processors (sequential serial numbers
even! <G>) 192 Megs RAM, about 18 Gigs of drive space
(mostly SCSI) and Voodo3-3000 PCI. This is a Micronics
W6-LI dual-PPro, Intel PR440FX chipset motherboard with a
Phoenix bios. Unfortunately, there is no updated BIOS
available for this board from the manufacturer. I have a
message in to the sales department at Microfirmware (the
vendors for Award/Phoenix) to see if they have a generic
PR440FX BIOS upgrade available.
Thanks...
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