by Hello Teodor Iacob,
This is new option "MCE support".
Disable it.
Once you wrote about "2.4.19-pre3 kernel freeze (SMP broken between pre2 and pre3?)":
> I tried to upgrade one of our SMP machines today to 2.4.19-pre3, but
> the kernel doesn't even boot it hangs with these last messages:
> ---
> Memory: 774232k/786432k available (922k kernel code, 11816k reserved, 243k data, 224k init, 0k highmem)
> Dentry-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
> Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
> Mount-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
> Buffer-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
> Page-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
> CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0
> CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
> CPU: L2 cache: 256K
> CPU: After vendor init, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
> Intel machine check architecture supported.
> ---
> // The messages are actually from 2.4.19-pre2 because I couldn't copy the ones from pre3
> // on a paper, but here is where the kernel hangs.
> I attach my .config also
> And here is a lspci output:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev c4)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP]
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev 40)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 06)
> 00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
> 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Standard Microsystems Corp [SMC] 83C170QF (rev 09)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 86C326 (rev 0b)
> --
> Teodor Iacob,
> Astral TELECOM Internet
> #
> # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
> #
> CONFIG_X86=y
> CONFIG_ISA=y
> # CONFIG_SBUS is not set
> CONFIG_UID16=y
> #
> # Code maturity level options
> #
> CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
> #
> # Loadable module support
> #
> CONFIG_MODULES=y
> # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
> CONFIG_KMOD=y
> #
> # Processor type and features
> #
> # CONFIG_M386 is not set
> # CONFIG_M486 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
> # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
> # CONFIG_M686 is not set
> CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y
> # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
> # CONFIG_MK6 is not set
> # CONFIG_MK7 is not set
> # CONFIG_MELAN is not set
> # CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
> # CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
> CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
> CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
> CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
> CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
> CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
> CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
> # CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK is not set
> CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
> CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
> CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
> CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
> CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
> CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
> # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
> # CONFIG_I8K is not set
> # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
> CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
> CONFIG_MTRR=y
> CONFIG_SMP=y
> # CONFIG_MULTIQUAD is not set
> CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
> #
> # General setup
> #
> CONFIG_NET=y
> CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
> # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
> CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
> CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
> CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
> # CONFIG_EISA is not set
> # CONFIG_MCA is not set
> # CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
> # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
> CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
> # CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is not set
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC is not set
> # CONFIG_PM is not set
> # CONFIG_ACPI is not set
> # CONFIG_APM is not set
> #
> # Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
> #
> # CONFIG_MTD is not set
> #
> # Parallel port support
> #
> # CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
> #
> # Plug and Play configuration
> #
> # CONFIG_PNP is not set
> # CONFIG_ISAPNP is not set
> #
> # Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
> # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
> #
> # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
> #
> # CONFIG_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM is not set
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_PACKET=y
> CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
> CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
> CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
> # CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set
> CONFIG_FILTER=y
> CONFIG_UNIX=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
> CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
> # CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_TOS is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE is not set
> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_LARGE_TABLES=y
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_MROUTE is not set
> # CONFIG_ARPD is not set
> # CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
> CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
> #
> # IP: Netfilter Configuration
> #
> # CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE is not set
> CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=y
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_UNCLEAN=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MIRROR=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=y
> # CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG is not set
> CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=m
> # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
> # CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set
> # CONFIG_ATM is not set
> # CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
> # CONFIG_IPX is not set
> # CONFIG_ATALK is not set
> # CONFIG_DECNET is not set
> # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
> # CONFIG_X25 is not set
> # CONFIG_LAPB is not set
> # CONFIG_LLC is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
> # CONFIG_ECONET is not set
> # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
> #
> # QoS and/or fair queueing
> #
> # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
> #
> # Telephony Support
> #
> # CONFIG_PHONE is not set
> # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set
> # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ_PCMCIA is not set
> #
> # ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
> #
> CONFIG_IDE=y
> #
> # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_FUJITSU is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_IBM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_MAXTOR is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_QUANTUM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_SEAGATE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_WD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMMERIAL is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TIVO is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> # CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
> # CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
> # CONFIG_AEC62XX_TUNING is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
> # CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set
> # CONFIG_AMD74XX_OVERRIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
> # CONFIG_HPT34X_AUTODMA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set
> # CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX is not set
> # CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST is not set
> # CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
> # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> # CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
> # CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT is not set
> #
> # SCSI support
> #
> # CONFIG_SCSI is not set
> #
> # Fusion MPT device support
> #
> # CONFIG_FUSION is not set
> # CONFIG_FUSION_BOOT is not set
> # CONFIG_FUSION_ISENSE is not set
> # CONFIG_FUSION_CTL is not set
> # CONFIG_FUSION_LAN is not set
> #
> # IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support (EXPERIMENTAL)
> #
> # CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set
> #
> # I2O device support
> #
> # CONFIG_I2O is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_LAN is not set
> # CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not
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