Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:53:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:53:12 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust128.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.128]:2038 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:53:12 -0400 Subject: Re: unexpected IO-APIC on IBM xSeries 440 From: Alan Cox To: mzielinski@wp-sa.pl Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200209121733.28871.mzielinski@wp-sa.pl> References: <200209121733.28871.mzielinski@wp-sa.pl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-7) Date: 12 Sep 2002 16:58:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1031846309.2838.96.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1080 Lines: 24 On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 16:33, Mariusz Zielinski wrote: > Hi list, > as instructed I'm making contact (attached dmesg). IBM claims that machine > is supported under linux (RedHat Advanced Server 2.1) but I couldn't find any > patches. Is it possible that RedHat is hiding some patches from linux > community? :) Hardly. The patches for pretty much every vendor tree are neatly broken down at http://www.kernelnewbies.org/ > > The problem is that /proc/cpuinfo shows at most 4 processors (depending on > kernel version). Dmesg shows many "APIC error on CPUx: 00(80)" errors. > I can provide you with further details (make some tests) if needed. I don't know what state 2.5 is on Summit numa but 2.4.19-ac and 2.4.20pre6 plus one patch (I can bounce you the diff if you want) should work nicely on summit chipsets with any distro - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/