Re: SMP kernel won't boot on Sparc 1000E, get watchdog (Debian 3)
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 08:43:22PM -0500, gkm-qmlist@moe.gawd.mb.ca wrote:
> I've just installed Debian 3 on a Sparc 1000E server I've managed to get.
> (really good at keeping the basement warm :)
> It's got 3 mainboard slots with a total of 6 processors. (85 Mhz each)
> When I compile a kernel fresh out of the tar file, it works fine,
> identifies all 6 processors and uses just the one.
> If I recompile the kernel, just changing the SMP option, then
> make clean;make dep;make
SMP on sun4d isn't really that well supported. Last I heard, it was
broken, and appears to still be so.
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