[Bug 53300] Re: [Bug 53300] nosmp bootparam causes system hang while running /scripts/local-top

[Ben Collins]

On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 20:42 +0000, Simon80 wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> not sure what the problem is, but on two different k7 systems with
> similar setups, I've tried adding nosmp to the kernel line in grub, and
> then the system hangs after local-top has started running.  If the nosmp
> argument is removed, the system boots properly.

I'll check into this, however remember that "nosmp" is rather useless in
our SMP kernels unless you actually have an SMP system in which you want
to limit it to 1 CPU.

On a UP (single CPU) system, our kernels use a method called
smp-alternatives, which pretty much makes it run like a UP kernel.

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nosmp bootparam causes system hang while running /scripts/local-top
https://launchpad.net/bugs/53300