Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jan 1998 22:31:46 +0100 (MET) | From | Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <> | Subject | Re: [2.1.80] boot and floppy driver problems. |
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On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> Hi Niels, > > > 1. If I build the kernel with SMP support it won't boot on my UP system > > (SiS chipset, AMD486 processor). Commenting out ``SMP = 1'' in the > > Makefile and rebuilding the kernel makes it boot OK. > > I have a similar problem on my IBM 486SLC processor. In my case, > I have a floating point coprocessor that uses 'old IRQ13 error > reporting'. An SMP kernel can't handle this and it panics in an > unexpected way during bootstrap. > > Check your dmesg output and see if you have a similar coprocessor. > That might be the problem. > My processor is a 100MHz AMD486DX4. I get the following output from dmesg:
CPU: AMD DX/4-WB stepping 04 Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting.
-- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards nkbj@image.dk Niels Kristian Bech Jensen http://www.image.dk/~nkbj/
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