Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261568AbUKHMUS (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:20:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261818AbUKHMUS (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:20:18 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:60942 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261568AbUKHMUO (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:20:14 -0500 Subject: Re: problem booting SMP kernel ! From: Arjan van de Ven To: Rajendra Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <003401c4c55b$168ece50$6f52a8c0@rpm> References: <003401c4c55b$168ece50$6f52a8c0@rpm> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1099916407.3577.12.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.dwmw2.1) Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:20:07 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.6 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.6 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [62.195.31.207 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [62.195.31.207 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 827 Lines: 22 On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 14:20 +0800, Rajendra wrote: > Hi , > I have been trying to boot an SMP kernel (2.4.20 redhat) on my laptop RH has no 2.4.20 in production anymore; sounds like you're using an oldie > (Dell Inspiron 5160) without any success. > It has hyper-threaded processor (Pentium IV 3.0 GHz - HT). 2.6.5 kernel is > booting fine and is able to detect the > Hyperthreading and initilize it and I can see two processors in my > /proc/cpuinfo with 2.6.5 booted up. sounds like you should use the 2.6 kernel; it could well be an ACPI related issue (eg lack of acpi :) - 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/