Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946433AbWJSUL7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:11:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946434AbWJSUL6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:11:58 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:35475 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946432AbWJSUL5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:11:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:11:16 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Len Brown , Linux Kernel , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SMP broken on pre-ACPI machine. Message-ID: <20061019201116.GG26530@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Len Brown , Linux Kernel , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org References: <20061018222433.GA4770@redhat.com> <200610190133.40581.len.brown@intel.com> <20061019191644.GE26530@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061019191644.GE26530@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1070 Lines: 28 On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 03:16:44PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > Why smp_found_config isn't set in that guys configuration is a mystery to me, > as his MPS tables look sane.. > > MP Table: > # APIC ID Version State Family Model Step Flags > # 0 0x10 BSP, usable 6 2 1 0x0381 > # 0 0x10 AP, usable 6 1 7 0xfbff > > Hmm, wait, he has unpaired CPUs. I wonder if that's the reason. > I know *some* combinations of PPro's are valid to be paired, but I'll > need to dig out the old docs to be sure. Ok, after reading http://www.intel.com/design/archives/processors/pro/docs/242689.htm I'm more puzzled than ever. There never was a model 2 Pentium Pro. Either this BIOS is on crack and putting nonsense in its MPS tables, or this is a hardware flaw of some sort. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/