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Re[4]: [Xen-users] Problem initializing dual-core Opteron

Dear John,

Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 5:00:54 PM, you wrote:

JH> Well I have tried a custom dom0 with cpu type Opteron, subarch set to
JH> xen-compatible,
JH> and turning PREEMPT_BKL both on and off. It is still the same, it can't get
JH> past
JH> activiting the second core of the Opteron 265. My relevant .config sections
JH> are shown
JH> below.

JH> Note, that it *will* boot if I append the 'nolapic' and 'nosmp' options to
JH> the xen
JH> kernel in grub.

JH> title Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6 nolapic nosmp noreboot
JH> kernel /xen-3.0.gz console=vga nolapic nosmp noreboot
JH> module /vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=/dev/hda2 ro console=tty0

JH> But of course I need SMP !
JH> Could this be a BIOS problem? I have my BIOS interrupt set to "APIC" (the
JH> other choice
JH> is "PIC"). But I do not think it is, as I can boot a non-xen kernel
JH> 2.6.16.29  fine with SMP
JH> support.

JH> #
JH> # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
JH> # Linux kernel version: 2.6.16.29-xen
JH> # Tue Nov  7 14:06:11 2006
JH> #


JH> # CONFIG_SMP is not set
JH> # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set
JH> # CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set

I don't what to check every line but this is definitely wrong.
CONFIG_SMP should be set to 'y'. I think you should better contact
some linux kernel related mailing list for assistance.


-- 
Best regards,
 Sergey


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