Just wondering why apic works in when loading a non-smp kernel on a smp
box? I have a dual processor machine. I have APIC issues with the SMP
kernel but none with a single processor kernel. In general, and I
guarantee I am no expert, that the SMP kernels seem flaky. I had the
same issues with 7.3.
Harry
Robert Savage wrote:
>Igor,
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>Try adding "noapic" to your GRUB kernel line arguments.
>
>There are apparently several SMB motherboards which do not respond
>correctly to the APIC code in the 2.4 kernel. Expressed another way, that
>code doesn't properly detect or support the APIC configurations on several
>SMP motherboards.
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>If "noapic" works for you, the similar looking problem fixed by the
>2.4.18-4 errata SMP kernel is something else entirely.
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>--Doc Savage
> Fairview Heights, IL
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>On Monday, November 4, 2002 Magazinov Igor wrote:
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>>I'm just installed Red Hat 8.0 on my server.
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>>Problem: When using smp-kernel, server freeze on halt or reboot with
>>message about "segmentation fault" and "no more processes in this
>>runlevel" or something like this.
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>>I have installed the newer kernel-smp-2.4.18-17.8.0.i686.rpm, but I have
>>the same result.
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>>Before it I used Red Hat 7.3.
>>And I have very similar problem (may be the same?) with 2.4.18-3
>>smp-kernel, but after installing kernel-smp-2.4.18-4.i686 all problems
>>were solved. ("A few bugs, including one in ext3 that could cause a
>>kernel panic on SMP systems, are fixed in this kernel errata" //
>>http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2002-085.html)
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>>I have SMP-system and using ext3 file system. :-)))
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>>Hardware: Gygabyte GS-SR102 1U Rackmount Server Platform Solution - M/B
>>GA-6ETXDR (ServerSet III LE (North Bridge:NB30LE, South Bridge:OSB4),
>>ATI Rage XL 8Mb, SCSI Adapter Controller LSI SYM53C1010-66 ULTRA 3
>>SCSI), 2xPIII 1000MHz Coppermine, 512 ECC SDRAM Samsung, SCSI Intel Raid
>>Controller SRCU31L + 2 SCSI HDD Quantum 18 GB in RAID 1 array (mirror).
>>So internal LSI adapter isn't used.
>>
>>Software: RH 8.0 (All drivers for absolutely all hardware were
>>automatically found by Red Hat 8.0)
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