Interrupting the normal boot sequence as suggested below has not worked
in the past for this problem.
Inserting "debug statements" in the source code (as noted in a PR, but I
can't remember which one) in the "while (read_intr_count(8) < 6)" loop
showed that the count value started at 0 and never c
Hi,
There is a discussion going on about strange interactions between the boot
menu and SMP that sounds very much like what you describe. FOr a
workaround, at the boot menu, select option 6, then type 'boot' at the
prompt.
Scott
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Bernhard Valenti wrote:
> hi,
>
> i built a
hi,
i built a kernel with APIC_IO and SMP for my p4 with hyperthreading.
when i try to boot the kernel it hangs during boot at:
APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery
doing
while (read_intr_count(8) < 6)
; /* nothing */
(sys/i386/isa/clock.c:1030)
read_intr_count(8) returns 0 fore
