Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:32:13 -0700 (PDT) | From | Joe <> | Subject | white list / black list |
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Hi all, I am not sure who this should go to (IO-APIC doc says either or mailing lists), but it is related to all those that get warning mesages upon boot up of there SMP machine, maily because there MB are not on the white list or black list as stated in the IO-APIC.txt.
I am thinking that rather than someone blindly sending an email to the linux-smp mailing list they should get a message that maybe instructs them to also look in the linux/Documentation/IO-APIC.txt file for more information.
The warning message should also be included in the Documentation i.e. if you recieve this message upon boot up
(show warning messgae here)
send email message to linux-smp/linux-kernel with the dmesg (or whatever)
It seems that many people are afraid that there SMP Linux box is going to blow up or something when they see this message, or worse that there system will not operate correctly rather than letting them know that they just have an unidentified motherboard. A warning message on boot time can be a heart stopper to a newbie, or even a disappointment to someone who is experienced and uninformed.
Currently the documentation says nothing about the warning message at boot up. Maybe it should?
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