Thanks for the response. For now, we are stuck with running a 2.4 kernel. We have applications that will not run under a 2.6 kernel with a current Red Hat software release. Yes we did try but figured it was easier and safer to run 2.4 on the new hardware. We do plan to upgrade but it's going to take a year or 2 because of the amount of code and the need to purchase new versions of COTS products, testing and all that. In the meantime, these new machines need to run the same applications as the other machines that we have. I tried 2.4.36 because it was just released and improvements have been incorporated from time to time. NOTE: The kernel appears to run correctly in spite of the IO-APIC message. So, it appears that the message is more of a warning than an error? Possibly there is some degradation that I'm not aware of but the system doesn't need to do a lot of IO. The IO-APIC message does not occur with a 2.6 kernel. I have one of the machines running with 2.6.22.13 So, it appears to be 2.4 related. I assume that's why you suggested the "live CD" For this build I specified the Athlon processor, which is the same as I specified for the 2.6 kernel. I'll try the Opteron and possibly a more generic type to see what happens. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Bill Davidsen [mailto:davidsen@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:07 PM To: Tuynman, William (JSC-DT/USA)[USA] Cc: linux-smp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: unexpected IO-APIC, 2.4.36 SMP, AMD dual core Opteron Tuynman, William (JSC-DT/USA)[USA] wrote: > Hello, > I have been getting this "An unexpected IO-APIC was found" message. In checking, it occurs on 2.4.34 also. > > The kernel was compiled for 32 bit execution and is running on an AMD dual core Opteron. The machine is an HP Proliant, DL 585. > > I'm attaching, as text, a portion of the messages file which contains all of the boot information. > > I would be happy to assist with providing additional information that would be helpful to you. > > The first question I have is, why are you running a 2.4 kernel on a modern CPU? I suspect the SMP logic in 2.4.26 is a decade older than the hardware. SMP was pretty unusual then, multi-core was just not an end user feature. I don't doubt that the IO-APIC may have unsupported features. Might I suggest that you boot off a recent "live CD" like Fedora or Puppy Linux, just to see if you still see a problem. If not, you will have more information to evaluate your next step. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will still be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-smp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
