[parisc-linux] SMP kernel problems on a D350

Istvan Gyenes frts@simba.sch.bme.hu
Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:28:24 +0200 (MET DST)


Thanks I'll try that!

Another question: If 2.4.19 SMP not enough stable where can I find the
latest stable smp kernel source?

Thanks,

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Steve

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Grant Grundler wrote:

> Istvan Gyenes wrote:
> > Hello Joerg,
> >
> > The only difference between the non-smp and smp kernel config file is
> > CONFIG_SMP=yes , AFAIK.
> > I made a "make menuconfig" and the only thing I've changed is SMP support.
>
> I'm paranoid. I do "make distclean" when doing anything other than
> adding/removing drivers. Save/restore the .config if you need to before
> running "make distclean".  I don't trust the Makefiles to rebuild
> everything correctly for "global" CONFIG_ changes like "SMP".
>
> > The strange thing is that the precompiled smp kernel from the install cd
> > boots fine. (2.4.18-smp)
>
> SMP on 2.4.19 isn't as stable yet.  So that's no surprise.
>
> If you want to debug this further, define "EARLY_BOOTUP_DEBUG"
> in arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_cons.c and you should get more output
> about how far the kernel gets before it crashes/hangs.
>
> grant
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