Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 19 Apr 1998 11:58:43 -0500 (CDT) | | From | Robert HYATT <> | | Subject | Re: [SMP patch] io-apic-patch-2.1.97-A |
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On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, MOLNAR Ingo wrote:
> > for those who still have 2.1.97 SMP boot/device problems, here is a 2.1.97 > patch that works around one rather rare BIOS bug. It has a chance to make > a difference on Dell Poweredge and certain Micronics boards (but other > boards might be affected as well). > > if there is still anyone with a board having fundamental SMP troubles > around, then please let me know ASAP. Most common 'fundamental' problems: > > - 'soft' or 'hard' hang at boot > or - some device doesnt work at all, driver says something nasty but > the system works under 2.0.33 or on uniprocessor kernels just > fine > or - system boots but strange 'IPI' messages pop up and system hangs > quickly > or - [or other symptoms] > > it might be that i have accidentally overlooked some bug report, please > resend in such cases, there we quite many SMP fixes in recent kernels and > 2.1.97+this_patch is supposed to work in 100% of the cases. > > also i'm curious wether those 'jumpy PS2 mouse under X' problems are gone. > > -- mingo >
I can't test until tomorrow morning, but if the "jumpy mouse" is fixed, you get a raise. :)
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