On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:42:59PM +0100, ST wrote: > Thanks for your quick answer. > > Booting 2.6.20.1 with noapic works for me: > yah, but i'd really like to use both processors of this X2 ... > So am i right that you can't boot without the "noapic" line?
Uhm - no? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 75 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy bogomips : 2011.97 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 75 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy bogomips : 2011.97 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc (this is 2.6.21-rc3, but it should be the same for 2.6.20.x) > I am going to trying the rc kernels. > > Yeah, normal boot first :) > Yeah. > > > Besides does anybody know if the second free place on the PCB is still > > > connected in a proper way to enable diy dual boot bios. Does anybody know > > > which spi flash type is placed on the m57sli-s4. > > Uhm - none I think. If you look closely at the second (free) place, you'll > > see paths for a plcc socket, and within that, paths for an spi flash part > > (I think). > Ok, so placing a plcc socket would probably work out for a diy dual socket > board. > > You only need the outer ring for the plcc. That's what the first chip is - > > when ours came off, there was nothing underneath. > I would prefer not to remove the first part but solder something on the free > space. I think i have to search my multimeter. I don't know how that second chip is wired up, or how the fallback mechanism works... Thanks, Ward. -- Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
