Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Pentium II stepping 4 - problems with SMP! | Date | Wed, 4 Feb 1998 10:06:53 +0000 (GMT) |
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> Today I got a new system that is identical apart from the processors > being of stepping 4 (and a minor BIOS upgrade). > > Things work but the second processor is reported as having 2.26 > BogoMips. > The interactive responce of the system feels jerky but no crashes. > > Anyone else seen this?
Yes. Your vendor has a faulty bios that doesnt correctly set the slave CPU MTRR's. Send it back buy a real one, or if you really want to trust a vendor who cant read specs try the patch on www.uk.linux.org/SMP
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