Re: smp freeze on 2.4.9

john slee (indigoid@higherplane.net)
Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:17:33 +1000


On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 12:10:37PM +0200, Philippe Amelant wrote:
> I have an ABIT BP6 mobo with 2 celeron 400 running redhat 7.1 with 2.4.3

before you blame smp, try the usual bp6 stuff:
* bigger/better power supply
* better cooling
* boot with 'noapic' on commandline

search a linux-kernel archive (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com)
for more info. these boards seem to be a bit of a lucky dip. some
never have any problems, others have heaps. i have a vague memory of
someone mentioning flaky caps on some revisions... also are you using
the onboard ata66 controller? there's been a fair few reports of
trouble with those, not sure if it was fixed/hacked-around or not.

best of luck,

j.

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