SMP Kernel::Boot Failure-hang at "booting the kernel" [SOLVED]

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 04:20:44PM -0800, Joseph M Bironas wrote:
 > To anyone who's interested. My problem apparently stems from faulty APIC
 > handling. I don't want to blame the Linux kernel or the Dell Precision,
 > but I'd weigh my complaints more at the Dell than the coders who are
 > working on it. Anyway, all I had to do to get the workstation to boot
 > with the SMP kernel was turn off APIC in the BIOS. So simple I wish I'd
 > thought of it earlier. Still it seems there should be a software
 > workaround for the faulty BIOS implementation.

Disabling APIC precludes SMP support though.
(Or is the kernel re-enabling it on boot?).
We definitly regressed somewhere, but the problem is pinning down where,
and why.

		Dave