Re: 2.4.5-ac6 and 2.4.4-ac11 boot fails with APIC timer

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> The message on the screen 
>
> calibrating APIC timer ..... 
> .... CPU clock speed is 1395.7390MHz 
> ... host bus clock speed is 0.0000 MHz 
> cpu: 0, clocks: 0, slic: 0 
>
> Then nothing. I had to push the reset button at this point. 
> ACPI and APM were disabled from the kernel config. 
>
> This boot failure messages was obtained from 
> Pentium4 board GB-450(?) from Intel, NVIDIA M64 video. 
> Sound Blaster 128 PCI. Netgear PNIC fast ethernet.... 
>   
> The same kernel was able to boot up the other Pentium 4 board from 
> Gigabyte flawlessly. So, it depends on the motherboard manufacturers. 
>
> Regards to all. 
>
> G. Hugh Song 

Replying to my own message:

When I chose "No" to "APIC support on uniprocessors", the above error
message disappeared and the machine booted up OK with 2.4.5-ac13.
Please refer to the following diff:

diff .config.old .config
63,65c63
< CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y
< # CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set
< CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
---
> # CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC is not set

I think that APIC thing was defined by Intel themselves.
They should have implemented it the best.  How much penalty do I pay 
by not choosing "yes" to "APIC support on uniprocessors"?

Best regards,

G. Hugh Song