Re: SMP kernels freezing console
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 01:39:03PM +0200, John Smith wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> installed a new box last weekend with a P4 630. Tried 2.6.8 and
> 2.6.11 smp kernels, both freeze up the console. Box is still reachable
> over the net, restarting X and getty cleared things up, but the regular
> single cpu 2.6 kernels didn't show this behaviour. Right up untill the
> kernel start loading (grub), the (PS2) keyboard behaves normally.
>
> Searched buglists, tried knoppix 3.9 2.6.11, (which worked and
> showed 2 cpu's), couldn't find a solution.
>
> Is this a known issue for someone or does this warrant a bug
> report? More information available on request. Machine is available for
> debugging purposes.
Sounds bug-worthy to me. Actually, it sounds like an APIC bug to me.
Please include some information about your system,
like say dmsg and lspci output.
--
Horms
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