Re: Kernel 2.6 SMP very slow with ServerWorks LE Chipset

[Bob <spam@homeurl.co.uk>]

Oleg Verych wrote:
> On 2006-11-20, Bob <spam@homeurl.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi I have a dual PIII Motherboard based on a ServerWorks LE chipset,
> > the motherboard is from an HP Netserver E 800 which is a customised 
> > ASUS CUR-DLS.
> >
> > in UP config everything is OK in SMP the system slows right down, 
> > I've been googling and recompiling my kernel for days looking for 
> > the problem option without success, please help.
> >
> > I'm using Sarge and I've tried the precompiled kernel 2.6.8-3-686-smp 
> > and I've downloaded the sources for 2.6.18 and compiled them from 
> > scratch in dozens of different permutations, all with the same result 
> > that the system crawls, I've seen other people have the same problem 
> > but no fixes.
> > http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=565813
>
> How about 2.6.18 from sid? If also bad, try bugzilla on kernel.org, or
> lkml.

Is it possible to do this without migrating the whole system to sid? I 
can't see a backport, one option would be if someone could post the 
.config file I could compile it in the same way.

Thanks