Re: [Mactel-linux-users] anyone running 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktop

[Justin P. m. <jus...@gm...>]

On 03/19/2010 07:35 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> Justin P. mattock wrote:
>> On 03/19/2010 04:29 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
>>> Ryan Schlesinger wrote:
>>>> I'm personally running Fedora 12 on mine. Have you tried installing a
>>>> newer kernel on 5.4?
>>>
>>> Yes. Not only that, I even upgraded to the 5.5 beta, still no go. As
>>> you might expect, Centos 5 does the same thing.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 03/18/2010 12:54 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>>> I'm running Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktop 5.4, 64 bit on my macbook
>>>>> pro 4,1.
>>>>>
>>>>> It only uses one of the two cpu cores.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've booted to a mandriva 64 bit rescue disk and it shows two cores.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone else running RHEL desktop 5.4?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> odd, and in the .config there's CONFIG_SMP=y
>>
>> Justin P. Mattock
>
> It's apparently something to do with not recognizing the motherboard as
> supporting smp, which makes no sense, because 32 bit did. From boot:
>
> Mar 19 06:51:01 mac kernel: SMP: Allowing 2 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
> Mar 19 06:51:02 mac kernel: SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
> Mar 19 06:51:02 mac kernel: SMP motherboard not detected.
> Mar 19 06:51:02 mac kernel: SMP disabled
>
>


hmm.. I've a macbook2,2 maybe I should load the livecd
and see.

I'm assuming mac kernel is something redhat creates!
you might want to try a vanilla kernel with a different .config
(if you need mine let me know).

as for the message is this way up the line and/or towards the bottom
after udev is started?


Justin P. Mattock