On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:42:59PM +0100, ST wrote:
Thanks for your quick answer.
Booting 2.6.20.1 with noapic works for me:
yah, but i'd really like to use both processors of this X2 ... So am i right that you can't boot without the "noapic" line?
Uhm - no?
ward@neuromancer:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 75 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy bogomips : 2011.97 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc
processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 75 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy bogomips : 2011.97 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc
(this is 2.6.21-rc3, but it should be the same for 2.6.20.x)
I am going to trying the rc kernels.
Yeah, normal boot first :)
Yeah.
Besides does anybody know if the second free place on the PCB is still connected in a proper way to enable diy dual boot bios. Does anybody know which spi flash type is placed on the m57sli-s4.
Uhm - none I think. If you look closely at the second (free) place, you'll see paths for a plcc socket, and within that, paths for an spi flash part (I think).
Ok, so placing a plcc socket would probably work out for a diy dual socket board.
You only need the outer ring for the plcc. That's what the first chip is - when ours came off, there was nothing underneath.
I would prefer not to remove the first part but solder something on the free space. I think i have to search my multimeter.
I don't know how that second chip is wired up, or how the fallback mechanism works...
Thanks, Ward.