On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 17:55, Dave Jones wrote: > Disabling APIC precludes SMP support though. > (Or is the kernel re-enabling it on boot?). > We definitly regressed somewhere, but the problem is pinning down where, > and why. > > Dave I'm not sure. I know that I'm getting two processors to boot now. Top reports both processors, and I get two little penguins on FB boot -always an important indicator. I found this bug reported and commented on by you and others several times over. It looks like a known issue at this point. If there's anything I can do to help debug/test, let me know. It might be worth inclusion in the Unofficial FAQ that a couple of possible workarounds are to disable APIC in the BIOS or add "apic=force" to the kernel boot params (from another bugzilla comment). j-
