"Gin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been stuck at this problem for a while. My linuxbios boots a > NON-SMP kernel ok but not the SMP one. > The SMP kernel gets loaded and run. When it tries to access an IDE > drive, an IDE command timed out before anything returns(kernel > messages). My I/O APIC settings correspond to the MP table. > > All ISA devices are mapped to the I/O IOAPIC at 0xFEC00000. But where do > we set this I/O APIC up? How does it know to route the IRQs to the local > APIC?
Linux looks at the mptable. > Another question is, does linuxbios setup the local APIC as Virtual Wire > mode that via I/O APIC? Usually we simply setup the local apic in virtual wire mode. > My board is similar to Tyan/s2735, does anyone get this booted with a > SMP linux before?? Good question. Eric _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

