You must also make sure you compile in RTC (real-time clock) support and
disable APM if you're using SMP.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu [mailto:dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu]
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:22 PM
> To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] SMP on Red Hat different than generic kernel?
> 
> 
> When compiling from the kernel source, did you edit the 
> config and choose
> SMP?  I should still run with a single CPU if you don't compile in SMP
> support, but who knows.  Also, you need to tell the kernel 
> config that you
> have 686 CPUs.
> 
> Gabe
> 
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 12:13:15PM -0800, Carl Patten wrote:
> > Hello, all.
> > 
> > Today's grand goal is to make SMP work reliably on my test 
> system at home.  I have an IBM PC 365 with two Pentium 
> Pro-200 processors that are within 2 steppings.  When I 
> attempt to compile the generic 2.2.16 or 2.2.17 kernels 
> myself using the SMP how-to, I get a kernel that either will 
> not boot (halts at the "uncompressing the kernel..." message) 
> or boots exactly every other time.
> > 
> > However, installing the Red Hat 2.2.16-SMP-kernel RPM from 
> the Red Hat updates directory produces a 100% reliable 
> system.  Whatever they did in their kernel works for my 
> system.  However, the updates directory doesn't have the source RPM.  
> > 
> > Any clues as to how I can find out what they changed so I 
> can reproduce it with a newer kernel, or on a different 
> version of Linux?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > -- 
> > Carl Patten
> > 
> > 
> > 
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