Bug#440720: non-SMP Kernel on Sparc machines using dual-cpu boards

> repeater chips (with 2 levels) to hookup the CPUs (the E15k uses 3 > levels of repeater chips). hookup is probably the wrong word here - stupid translator. Interconnect fits it better. -- Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#440720: non-SMP Kernel on Sparc machines using dual-cpu boards

Martin wrote: > On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 02:48 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > >> On which machines does the kernel boot properly? >> Remember that UltraSPARC II processors have a different architecture >> and UltraSPARC IIi and IIIi also are different! > Please forgive me if I am stating the obvious b

Bug#440720: non-SMP Kernel on Sparc machines using dual-cpu boards

On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 02:48 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > On which machines does the kernel boot properly? > Remember that UltraSPARC II processors have a different architecture > and UltraSPARC IIi and IIIi also are different! Please forgive me if I am stating the obvious but (as I understand it)

Bug#440720: non-SMP Kernel on Sparc machines using dual-cpu boards

Hi, I'm duscissing the problem with a contact at Sun, we'll investigate further - but here's the first summary from him: --- SPARC machines from Sun boot in single-processor mode until the kernel enables multiprocessing. POST (Power On Self Test) runs in parallel but when OBP (OpenBoot Prom) is e