Re: [SLE] SuSE Pro 9.3 on a Intel Xeon server freezing
Hi, What I asked was, doesn't SuSE's installation scripts detect the proper CPU's and load the kernel compiled for the correct Processor family? Why would it install a PII kernel in one P4 Xeon box, but a 586 kernel on another P4 Xeon box? Sounds not correct to me. Also I just now checked another P4 Xeon box that I have and in that it has properly loaded the P4 Xeon processor family kernel. Anyone with an idea here? Thanks, Prakash
Philipp Thomas
01/03/06 9:40 PM >>> On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:52:03 -0500, Prakash Velayutham wrote:
Actually that is my question. How come the default kernel is Pentium-II
instead of P4 Xeon. Is this normal?
Because there are still enough PII, PIII and older VIA EPIA machines around. Philipp -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Prakash Velayutham wrote:
What I asked was, doesn't SuSE's installation scripts detect the proper CPU's and load the kernel compiled for the correct Processor family?
No, it loads a default kernel that will work for all Intel x86 processors since Pentium I. If you want to run a kernel that's specifically built for your hardware, you'll need to configure and build it yourself.
Also I just now checked another P4 Xeon box that I have and in that it has properly loaded the P4 Xeon processor family kernel. Anyone with an idea here?
Where did you get the P4 Xeon processor family kernel? SUSE 9.3 does not ship with a kernel built for P4s, AFAIK. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Let us analyse your spam- and virus-threat - up to 2 months for free.
Per Jessen wrote:
Prakash Velayutham wrote:
What I asked was, doesn't SuSE's installation scripts detect the proper CPU's and load the kernel compiled for the correct Processor family?
No, it loads a default kernel that will work for all Intel x86 processors since Pentium I.
If you want to run a kernel that's specifically built for your hardware, you'll need to configure and build it yourself.
Also I just now checked another P4 Xeon box that I have and in that it has properly loaded the P4 Xeon processor family kernel. Anyone with an idea here?
Where did you get the P4 Xeon processor family kernel? SUSE 9.3 does not ship with a kernel built for P4s, AFAIK.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
Thanks all of you. I was wrong looks like. I need to find out why dmesg gives this line: WARNING: 1 siblings found for CPU0, should be 2 WARNING: 1 siblings found for CPU1, should be 2 This looks like the reason why my dual Xeon system does not seem to get hyperthreading, even though HT is enabled from BIOS. Bot /proc/cpuinfo and top show only 2 processors. Thanks, Prakash
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