Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 2003 13:37:12 +0000 | From | James Wright <> | Subject | Re: P4 3.06Ghz Hyperthreading with 2.4.20? |
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So i can apply the ACPI patch to 2.4.20, and it will work, even though my motherboard BIOS doesn't provide the MPS table? Do i still need to use "acpismp=force" option? What do you mean by *configuring* acpi, do i need the "acpid" or other resources, than just enabling it?
Thanks, James
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:50:59 -0800 "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@intel.com> wrote:
> You need to apply the ACPI patch: http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi and *configure* APIC. > > The 2.4 kernel depends on the MPS table for all but logical processors. If MPS table is not present, it will fall back to UP. > > Thanks, > Jun > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Wright [mailto:james@jigsawdezign.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:34 PM > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: P4 3.06Ghz Hyperthreading with 2.4.20? > > > > Hello, > > > > I have kernel 2.4.20 with a single P4 3.06Ghz CPU and Asus P4G8X > > motherboard > > (with the Intel E7205) Chipset. I have enabled Hyperthreading in the BIOS > > options, > > compiled in SMP & ACPI support, and also tried adding "acpismp=force" to > > my lilo > > kernel cmdline, but it just doesn't seem to detect the second Logical CPU. > > My > > current theory is that this is bcos Linux expects the motherboard to be an > > SMP > > item (as with the Xeon boards) but this board is a Single processor board, > > ansd > > doesn't have an MP table, but the cpu info is held in the ACPI tables.?!? > > > > I have tried installing 2.5.65 but can't get past the compile due to > > compile-time > > errors... Is this a known problem? SHall i just disable Hyperthreading > > until a new > > kernel release? > > > > > > Thanks, > > James > > > > > > > > - > > 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/ > - > 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/ > - 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/
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