On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Debbie Mazurek wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Dell Poweredge 6800, with 4 Intel 64 bit 7020-chipset dual-core > CPU's. They also support hyperthreading. > > I can't get the 2.6.9-22.0.2 SMP x86 kernel to boot. The UP kernel > boots fine. > > The x86_64 SMP kernel boots fine, but apparently only supports 8 cpu's - > unfortunately hyperthreading *has to* work, for a research project. The x86_64 kernel only supports 8 cpu's. The Upstream Vendor has implied that Update 3 will enable 32 cpu's. > > I was under the impression that the x86 kernel *should* work on a 64-bit > machine. Is this not the case? Any info or experiences would be > appreciated. > It does work on a 8 cpu 64 bit machine. > cheers, > deb > -Connie Sieh