Re: 2.2.20pre1: Problems with SMP

[Johannes Erdfelt]

On Mon, May 07, 2001, Shane Wegner <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:02:50AM -0700, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> > On Mon, May 07, 2001, Shane Wegner <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > That does indeed correct the problem.  2.2.20pre1 now works
> > > as expected.
> > 
> > Hmm, that uses a VIA based chipset. I didn't know they did SMP yet. Does
> > 2.4 work on this system?
> 
> The last 2.4 kernel I tried was 2.4.3 I believe and it
> worked fine more or less.  I haven't tried any later 2.4
> kernels yet.

That's fine. The I/O APIC code is different and I tried to make the 2.2
code work like the 2.4 code with minimal changes. However, the changes
aren't trivial. I'll take a quick look and see if I can find any more
significant differences.

I wonder if I have a VIA board laying around here.

JE