Re: SMP on Compaq 850r
On (01/04/04 00:21), Pete Clarke wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have several Proliant 850r's running dual 200mhz Pentium Pro CPU's.
> I have noticed that since the last apt-get dist-upgrade the boot procedure
> no longer recognises the 2nd CPU.
>
> Each machine goes through the POST OK, with the bios initialising both
> processors, but when Debian boots it displays "SMP motherboard not detected"
> and only uses the 1st CPU.
>
> This was working previously, does anyone know if SMP has been
> removed/altered/broken in the latest 2.4.18-686-smp kernel image?
>
> I am using a fairly standard Woody install, with all security patches
> applied etc.
I'm running an HP Netserver LHPro200 and it is running the same kernel
and both processors seem to be working fine. I think there was a
security patch for this kernel a few weeks ago and I didn't notice any
problems post upgrade.
HTH
Clive
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