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List:       linux-smp
Subject:    Re: Re: SMP and XFREE86
From:       Kumsup Lee <klee () ima ! umn ! edu>
Date:       1999-05-31 2:31:44
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O.K. I just made a TSC-patch for linux-2.3.1.  It should be work fine for 
linux-2.2.9 too.  You can find my patch from

	http://www.ima.umn.edu/~klee/linux-smp.shtml

	$ cd /usr/src/linux
	$ patch -p1 < TSC-2.3.1-patch

Good Luck,

> 
> OK I'll try it.  I'm new to kernel patches.  Is there a utility I run against my \
> source tree to apply the patch? 
> Cheers,
> Curt
> 
> ____Kumsup Lee <klee@ima.umn.edu> Wrote____
> 
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I have some problems and questions running a linux SMP kernel and X.  I built a \
> > > SMP kernel from linux2.2.6 without any problems.  Everything boots fine, but X \
> > > acts funny.  The window manager (does not matter which one, afterstep, fvwm, \
> > > olwm, etc.) does not track the window focus.  I move the mouse and the focus \
> > > does not change to the new window.  I even single click on the title bar and \
> > > the window still does not get the focus. 
> > > If I build a 2.2.6 kernel without SMP the windowing system works fine. Argg.  \
> > > Me thinks it has to do with interrupts. 
> > > I'm running an older INTEL system that uses dual Pentium 166 Mhz processors.  \
> > > It supports Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4 .  Below is the boot info \
> > > from dmesg and the info from "cat /proc/cpuinfo" . 
> > > Has anyone ever had this problem?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Curt
> > 
> > 
> > Hmmm... It looks a like TSC problem.  I will put a patch at my home page
> > 
> > 	http://www.ima.umn.edu/~klee/linux-smp.shtml
> > 
> > You have to apply it by hand.
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > =============================================================================
> > Kumsup Lee (À̱ݼ·) 				 System/Network Administrator 
> > Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota 
> > 400 Lind Hall,   207 Church Street S.E.,   Minneapolis, MN 55455   USA
> > Tel : 612-624-4353	FAX : 612-626-7370	PAGE : 612-608-0112
> > klee@ima.umn.edu	www.ima.umn.edu/~klee
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 Kumsup Lee (À̱ݼ·) 				 System/Network Administrator 
 Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota 
 400 Lind Hall,   207 Church Street S.E.,   Minneapolis, MN 55455   USA
 Tel : 612-624-4353	FAX : 612-626-7370	PAGE : 612-608-0112
 klee@ima.umn.edu	www.ima.umn.edu/~klee
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