Re: [Timers SMP] can this machine be helped?

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Dec 03 2007 - 16:47:34 EST


On Mon 2007-12-03 22:45:06, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > > I compiled a .24-ish kernel for it with CONFIG_NO_HZ and
> > > CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS. To get the system boot at least sometimes I have
> > > to specify nohz=off. Then I get
> >
> > Try highres=off, too... Hehe, and even idle=poll might help.
>
> Ok, for now I've compiled a kernel with all "advanced" features off like
> hrt, nohz. Will see how it behaves. But thanks for the hints.

Let us know...

> > > CR0: 8005003b CR2: 081dcf88 CR3: 07e46000 CR4: 000002d0
> > > DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
> > > DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400
> > > [<c01053fa>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30
> > > [<c0105f42>] show_trace+0x12/0x20
> >
> > ...and disable softlockup watchdog, too...
>
> So, you think those BUGs are bogus?

Well.... you want to make old machine usable, right? Disabling
warnings is fair game.
Pavel
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