P4 problem with 2.4.3

Hey guys, Im trying to get the 2.4.3 Kernel on a Dell dimension 8100 (p4, 1.3ghz). The 2.2* kernels work fine but when I start up with the new kernel it dies at the line "cpu:0, clocks:0, slice:0". It also says something about "wierd, boot kernel (CPU#0) not found in BIOS. " There is also a

Re: P4 problem with 2.4.3

I believe APIC is enabled, it does some kind of check for it. Everything is pretty much default. I read that the APIC can cause interrupt problems, should I disable it? If so, is that done in the kernel config? Mike > > Michael J Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > &

TCP/IP stack

hey guys, I have been reading through TCP/IP Illustrated Vol 2 and the linux source. I am having a heck of a time finding where it sees a SYN packet and check to see if the desitination port is open. In the book it looks like it happens in tcp_input where it looks for the PCB for a segment.

A system call in the kernel

Any ideas on hot to easily call an outside program from the kernel (like system(), exec()) Is this possible? Thanks Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/ma