Greetings, The CPU numbers are normal enough. Or at least that's what I get on my boards.
G'day, sjames On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Adam Agnew wrote: > > Funny you should ask. I was just preparing 2.4.22 again. It does detect 4 > processors, though it gives them rather strange numbers. This might be > normal? > > Attached is my serial console log for a Tyan Tiger i7501 and also attached > is my 2.4.22 config file. > > - Adam Agnew > > > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, ron minnich wrote: > > > > > We're seeing an interesting problem here. 2.4.22 appears to want to rely > > on ACPI tables for information on hyperthreading. Diffs seem to show that > > the linux code that works directly with the hardware to work out > > hyperthreading is gone. > > > > What's happened now is that a dell box, without acpi bios support, will no > > longer enable hyperthreading. Turn the ACPI support on, and, on the > > occasions when 2.4.22 doesn't panic when coming up, it does find > > hyperthreaded CPUs. To panic 2.4.22 while coming up, just hit random > > keyboard characters while it is engaged in working out hyperthreading. It > > dies or, sometimes, locks up. > > > > This seems like a counterproductive change to me, as it moves Linux more > > in the direction of depending on factory BIOSes which may, at times, be > > broken. > > > > Has anyone else looked at 2.4.22, and can they confirm or disprove what we > > think we're seeing? > > > > thanks > > > > ron > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linuxbios mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > > -- -------------------------steven james, director of research, linux labs ... ........ ..... .... 230 peachtree st nw ste 2701 the original linux labs atlanta.ga.us 30303 -since 1995 http://www.linuxlabs.com office 404.577.7747 fax 404.577.7743 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
