From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262246AbVAQQaA (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:30:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262213AbVAQQaA (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:30:00 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:63755 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262246AbVAQQ3p (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:29:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:29:38 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Mark Watts Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Klaus Dittrich Subject: Re: brought up 4 cpu's Message-ID: <20050117162938.GS4274@stusta.de> References: <20050117153646.GA25273@xeon2.local.here> <200501171609.15054.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> <41EBE54B.1010401@xeon2.local.here> <200501171632.26443.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200501171632.26443.m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 04:32:26PM +0000, Mark Watts wrote: > > > Mark Watts wrote: > > > > > >>kernel-2.6.11-rc1-bk5 stops booting after the message > > >>"Brought up 4 CPU'S" > > >> > > >>System is Dual-P4. > > > > > >With HyperThreading? > > > > Yes, 2 XEON/P4. > > Thats your answer then. HyperThreading makes one cpu act as two (with a > suitable performance increase for some workloads) This doesn't explain why it stopped booting on his computer... > Mark. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed