> On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 01:30:53PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I think just disable SMP in that case. There are currently no SMP Pentium IV
> > boxes and perhaps Intel will have fixed it by the time SMP Pentium IV exists
>
> yes there are, they may not be available to the general public yet
> however:
>
> http://anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1472&p=5
Which gives intel plenty of time to fix their bios problems. Right now the
situation is we are seeing Pentium IV boxes reporting invalid MP 1.4 specs
and dying. Reporting an invalid MP spec and booting single user at least
ensures people can boot their boxes while intel fixes their problems
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