Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:17:48 -0600 | From | Eric Dittman <> | Subject | Re: SMP problem in 2.2.x, not in 2.0.36 |
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>I just bought a new dual PII motherboard (Gigabyte 6BXDS) >and replaced my old PII motherboard (Gigabyte 6BXC). I >was using 2.2.1, so I did a make config, turned on SMP, >and then did a make clean ; make dep ; make bzImage. I >copied this image over to /boot, added an entry in lilo.conf >and ran lilo, then rebooted. The new kernel was able to >detect and use both CPUs, but in X I have to sometimes click >several times on a window to raise it. I downloaded and built >2.2.2 and have the same problem. > >I had 2.0.36 still in my source directory, so I build an >SMP kernel of that and tried it. X had no problems. I >thought the window manager I was using (WindowMaker) may >be the problem, so I switched to fvwm. No change. Any >ideas? This is my first time trying to use Linux SMP.
Okay, I tried 2.2.3 and 2.2.4 and didn't see any improvement. With 2.2.5 I find I usually only have to click a couple of times on a window to raise it, so there is an improvement. -- Eric Dittman Raytheon Systems Company - Component Test Facility dittman@NOSPAM.ti.com (972) 462-4292 Disclaimer: Not even my opinions. I found them by the side of the road.
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