System locks up with SMP kernel, but not regular kernel... smp used to work fine.

[David Hoffman]

On 4/15/05, David Hoffman <dhoffman2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You may want to check the release notes for the kernel.  I know they
> > have been working on the HyperThreading thing for some time.  I'm not
> > keeping track; but, I believe there may be an issue with using the SMP
> > kernel with a P4.
> > I usually think SMP works better with multiple CPUs.  HyperThreading
> > is really a trick more than multiple CPUs.

I did see something in the notes about changes to ACPI, but I can't
seem to find anything specific that indicates anything that addresses
issues with HyperThreaded P4s. Anyone have a link to notes that
discuss this?

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David
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