Want uni-processor kernel on FC5 x86_64

Harald Grossauer harald.grossauer at uibk.ac.at
Mon Aug 28 06:52:13 UTC 2006


Chong Yu Meng schrieb:
> On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 15:04 +0200, Harald Grossauer wrote:
>   
>> Harald Grossauer wrote:
>>     
>>> Andy Green wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Harald Grossauer wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> since the upgrade to FC5.x86_64 (from FC3.x86_64) Thunderbird
>>>>> sometimes locks up when downloading large emails (not always
>>>>> reproducible), Firefox frequently hangs (irreproducibly) without
>>>>> apparent reason. Starting both programs with "strace -f ..." shows
>>>>> that the last system call before lockups are futex syscalls. So I
>>>>> thought there might be some race condition? Maybe it has to do with
>>>>> the SMP kernel used by default in 64bit FC5? Is there a way to get a
>>>>> "FC5.x86_64-standard kernel" without SMP?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Harald
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>
> Hi Harald,
>
> Can you give us the model and make of your motherboard? You ma want to
> Google a bit to see if your motherboard has any known bugs.
>
>   
Here is the output of PC Wizard:

Motherboard:

Product :    A8N-SLI Premium
Version :    1.02
Serial Number :    123456789000
Support MP :    Yes, 1 CPU(s)
Version MPS :    1.4


BIOS:

Manufacturer :    Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version :    ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1009
Date :    21 Oktober 2005
Address :    0xE000 on 512 KB
Copyright :    Copyright (C) 2005, Phoenix Technologies, LTD
ID :    10/21/2005-NF-CK804-A8NSLI-P-00
OEM Signature :    ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1009
DMI Version :    2.3

Chipset:

 General Information :     
NorthBridge :    nVidia nForce4
NorthBridge :    AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron Bridge
SouthBridge :    nForce4 PCI to ISA Bridge

 NorthBridge Information :     
Architecture :    HUB
Manufacturer :    nVidia (ASUSTeK Computer Inc)
Codename :    CK8-04
Revision :    A3

 NorthBridge Information :     
Architecture :    HUB
Manufacturer :    AMD
Revision :    0
HTT Frequency :    201 MHz
Memory Bus Speed :    201 MHz

 APIC Information :     
Version :    1.01
Maximum Interrupts :    24
IRQ Handler enabled :    No




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