From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Earle Nietzel Subject: Re: Question Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:07:57 +0200 Sender: linux-smp-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020618170739.00ba2498@192.168.1.10> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: mmacdonald@symcor.com, linux-smp@vger.kernel.org This message merely hints that it is possible that the EBDA or XBDA (Extended Bios Data Area) can be written to which just so happens to be where the MP table is located during boot. Once your system is booted then the EBDA is no longer available and the MP table has been read by the OS. So I assume if you boot fine then all is good!!! Also I am told that if you use a compressed kernel then this should never be a problem. At 10:50 PM 6/17/2002, mmacdonald@symcor.com wrote: >Not sure why it says to contact you but here goes. Do you know what is >causing this and how I can correct it? > > > > Jun 17 13:30:43 arccom01 kernel: WARNING: MP table in the EBDA can be > UNSAFE, contact > linux-smp@vger.kernel.org if you experience SMP > problems! > > > > > > > > >Any help would be appreciated. > >Mike Macdonald >Mid-Range Systems >Unix Administrator >Phone: 416-591-9186 > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-smp" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html