Hi, Stephen !

Yep, this was also my thought,
but this kernel "kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64"
crashes as i remarked ...

Any other ideas ?

cheers,
              Martin

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:

> It looks like you need largesmp (assuming you have the 8 dual-core CPU 
> version, most option look to only include 4 dual-core CPUs);
>
> "Please note that limits for <USV> v4 are for Update 3 or later. Update 3 was 
> released in March 2006. CPU counts over 8 (AMD64/EM64T) or 64 (other 
> architectures) require use of the largesmp kernel. Certified limits reflect 
> the current state of system testing by <USV> and its partners, and the limit 
> of support provided by a <USV> Linux subscription."
>
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Martin Flemming wrote:
>
>> Hi, Troy et all !
>> 
>> I've recognized today,
>> that on the hardware-webside
>> 
>> https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/hardware/
>> 
>> you've published the sucessfull
>> installation of a "Sun Fire x4600"-Machine ...
>> 
>> We've got the same machine in our lab, but unfortunatley
>> we see only 8 cpu's not 16 ...
>> 
>> So my question is, which kernel do you have installed ?
>> 
>> I've installed following one:
>> 
>> kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64
>> 
>> which displays only 8 CPU's ...
>> 
>> At first, i've got the largesmp-kernel
>> 
>> kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64
>> 
>> but this one generate a kernelpanic ....
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>>
>>       Martin
>> 
>> 
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