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Subject: Re: more detailed information about the AMD 1.6+ GHz MP smp-problem
To: rob.myers@gtri.gatech.edu (Rob Myers)
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:41:02 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> redhat's latest 2.4.9 version would only boot with noapic passed to the
> kernel and the bios had mps 1.4 spec on and mp table disabled. but
> sometimes that paniced and would not boot.
> 
> if anyone knows what bios settings and kernel bits make this board
> stable please pass that info along...

MP table on 
MP table version 1.1

You want 2.4.18-rc2 in order to get the fixups for what appears to be a BIOS
PCI compliance config problem. You also may need to remove any 3com gige
cards using broadcom chipsets.
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