Re: 2.1.123 SMP Problems

Eastep, Tom (eastep@loc1.tandem.com)
Wed, 30 Sep 1998 08:13:54 -0700

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: Bill Hawes: "Re: 2.1.124-pre"
Previous message: Richard B. Johnson: "Re: BogoMIPS"
Maybe in reply to: Mike Black: "2.1.123 SMP Problems"
Next in thread: Mike Black: "Re: 2.1.123 SMP Problems"

Mike Black wrote:
>
> I've got an Acer Altos 7000/p with a 3c590. Tried to upgrade to 2.1.123
> with SMP enabled and everything LOOKS ok but the network card does not
> respond (EISA bus system, PCI network card). (ifconfig shows it OK...you
> can ping localhost but nothing outside).
> Also, if I enable the SCSI interface (AIC-7870) it does not work either
> (SCSI bus timeouts indicate IRQs aren't being served).
>
> Disabling SMP in the Makefile makes everything (eth0 and SCSI) work OK.
>

I had similar results -- reversing the 2.1.123 patch to
arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c corrected the problem for me.

-Tom

-- Tom Eastep COMPAQ Computer Corporation Enterprise Computing Group Tandem Division tom.eastep@compaq.com

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Next message: Bill Hawes: "Re: 2.1.124-pre"
Previous message: Richard B. Johnson: "Re: BogoMIPS"
Maybe in reply to: Mike Black: "2.1.123 SMP Problems"
Next in thread: Mike Black: "Re: 2.1.123 SMP Problems"