Re: Kernel lockups on dual-Athlon board -- help wanted

[Alan Cox]

> 6. Here's a weird one.  When the kernel is running, the power switch
>    has to be pressed down for 4 seconds to power down the machine.  But
>    during a lockup it powers down the machine instantly.
> 
> What we're seeing suggests some bad interaction between the SMP
> support and the hardware.  But item 7 hints that power management
> could be involved, even though we have it configured out.

Try a completely different board and components. There are folks running rock 
solid 2.4 on dual Athlons. I speculate yours is perhaps marginal somewhere.

Alan