[parisc-linux] SMP problems

Matthew Wilcox willy@debian.org
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:29:34 +0100


On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:28:30PM +0300, Arto Jantunen wrote:
> I have a HP9000/D390. Dual PA-8200. It doesn't boot at all with that
> kernel or any other 64-bit kernel. Some things do suggest that it should
> work, but it doesn't. After the kernel branching point it starts
> scrolling FLT codes on the LCD display, but doesn't report anything on
> the console. I have a ser pim output taken out after rebooting the box
> if someone is interrested. I'll try building the latest CVS with 32-bit
> and SMP and see if it's any better then the ones I have tried so far.

Do you have the CAP/MUX card installed?  (the card with the other serial
port on it)  If so, you should enable "Serial MUX support" and make
sure to use console=ttyB0 on the command line (ie pretend you have a K
class machine).

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