Bug#502550: Kernel Parameter 'nosmp' makes the cow fly

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 01:21:11AM +0200, Peter wrote:
> Hi Kernel team,
> 
> I tried different kernel parameter, the 'nosmp' addition made the system
> start with the 686 kernel. (Even network works now fine.)
> It has a T3200 processor, all I found out about ut is:
> 
> The Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual-Core Mobile Processor T3200 is a dual core 
> processor; it is part of the Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual-Core Mobile
> family.
> CPU speed: 2.00GHz 
> L2 Cache Size: 1MB
> Bus Speed: 667MHz
> Processor architecture: 32 bits 
> 
> When I got this right, nosmp makes the system run only with one
> processor. Can you make both CPUs work?

Hi,
The next release of Debian (6.0, code name Squeeze) will be based
on 2.6.32. Please test the current 2.6.32 from unstable/testing and tell
us whether both CPUs work there. If not, we should report it upstream
to the kernel.org developers.

The 2.6.32 kernel is available from packages.debian.org and can
be installed in both Debian stable, testing and unstable
installations.

Thanks,
        Moritz