On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 06:12:31PM -0000, Colin Ellis wrote: >> From: Rodrigo Otavio Weymar Fonseca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: 22 January 2003 17:54 >> To: Colin Ellis >> Cc: debian user list >> Subject: RE: [HELP] - kernel panic 2.4.18 on Dual-PIII >> >> >> Hello Colin, >> >> I have tested the 2.4.18smp also and I got the same type of errors. >> >> But, are there problems in using a up kernel in a smp hardware ? >> >> I thought the only problem in not using a smp kernel in a smp hw was the >> loss of performance. >> >> If someone doesn`t use a smp kernel, or better, if someone uses an up kernel >> in an smp hw, it only wont activate the second processor, isn`t that? > > Try append="noapic" to turn off power management. [ top posting blows. don't do it ]
I think you are confusing APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) with ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). APIC (re)maps interrupts. Some SMP boards do this in ways that are unexpected to a UP kernel, so in that sense your advice may be correct :-) -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] THEY planted The Lone Gunmen to MIND CONTROL the public into seeing TRUTH SEEKERS as CONSPIRACY NUTS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
