smp multiprocessor under linux

[Ayman Altounji]

cant find the serial # on this box....lots of stickers thhough!

I *wish* someone in the support group would take on the battle to release the information on how the system uses multi-processors.
It is not SMP compliant...( even tho' I bought it from someone who said it was)
I get the message from the support folks that
"We are not allowed to release that information..."
Why not ? You released it to Microsoft, Banyan, and quite a few others,
but wont release it to the Linux community.

If anyone else has any relevant information, please let me know....
as we are running out of time, and need to either get the 4500's working in MP mode, or we get out the checkbook and replace them with
servers from a company that can give more thorough information about its
products.
Hate to sound like a flame, but, this has been going on for months.

jim
(p.s. - I worked at Compaq as a contractor...so I am not totally ignorant !)

[Sunil Jerath]

Hello Jim,
I am really to read your posting at the forum about your experience. I would suggest you call our Tech Support at 1-800-OK-COMPAQ.

Regards,

[Ayman Altounji]

well...I dont know if that was the number I dialed, but when I called tech support and a few other numbers, it was a waste of time.
If you know of someone on your end who wants to get involved, either ive them my email address....or give me theirs.

They weren't bad as NT boxes, but running single peocessor linux is a waste of electricity on these monsters.

Thanks for the rep[ly, but I've been there, done that, to no avail.
Jim
jkendall@usol.com

[Ayman Altounji]

Make sure your APIC mode is set to mapped in the advanced options of the f10 partition, then there should be no problems for support of SMP processors in the system as long as you have the smp kernel installed.

[Ayman Altounji]

there are no magic "F-10" APIC registers.

I understand the 4500 (and a few others ) are "pre-SMP" as far as the
Intel style APIC specification.

Compaq wont release any info about their (BIOS ? ) software, so as these machines
encounter difficulties, they are then replaced. It's sad really, the 4500's are still pretty capable of supporting a heavy load.