Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:04:29 +0100
From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Russell Miller <rmiller@duskglow.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [SUMMARY] rebooting problem solved - athlon/SiS incompatibility.
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 03:54:29PM -0500, Russell Miller wrote:

 > Which basically seems to mean:  you cannot enable SMP and turn off coprocessor
 > emulation on an SiS motherboard containing an Athlon Thunderbird processor.  The
 > kernel will not even get past the "Ok, booting the kernel" stage.

Which option do you mean by 'Coprocessor emulation' ?
If you mean the math emulation, it doesn't get used on a machine
with a real FPU, so this doesn't make any sense.

Is your board actually an SMP capable board ?
The choice of thunderbirds in an SMP system is also curious.
Thunderbirds are model 4. The only models certified for use in
SMP are model 6 and above. (See arch/i386/kernel/smpboot line 136 or so)

		Dave

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