Hey Benny!   
      
    BP> today tested with 4.14.8 get this:   
    BP> Hardware name: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 8300   
      
   I looked it up and Dell claims it is a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, which is a single   
   core 32-bit processor.  The last 32-bit processors I had were all P3's and   
   skipped the P4's and went to x86_64's.  From what I can tell it looks like   
   4.14.8 has smp issues with the Pentium 4 2.8 GHz.   
      
    BP> 4.15 fix this   
      
   Excellent.  I just looked and see that they are up to 4.15-rc5 which is dated   
   as today.  I'd guesstimate that a 4.15 release should be out in short order.   
      
   For the record;   
      
   ----- ":read !uname -a" starts   
   Linux mikey 4.14.8 #1 SMP Wed Dec 20 16:28:26 UTC 2017 x86_64 Intel(R)   
   Atom(TM) CPU C2758 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux   
   ----- ":read !uname -a" ends   
      
   I don't see any issues with the above kernel as far as the C2758 is concerned.   
      
    BP> i like to get rid of vga framebuffers in initial boot, have   
    BP> forgot how to make this into the boot line so it takes radeonfb   
    BP> always   
      
   I believe that is one of the drm ones that I am currently avoiding by turning   
   them all off, especially the ast one which is what this board has.  Try   
   looking in the linux/Documentation/gpu/ directory as well as lin   
   x/Documentation/power/video.txt document for clues.   
      
   For vesafb I just add "vga=0x323" to the bootloader's kernel commandline which   
   gives me a 1280x1024, 32bpp framebuffer console at bootup with 8 pure 64-bit   
   penguins at the top of the screen.  Other than more penguins, what more could   
   you possibly want?  As far as I know vesafb should work fine with a radeon but   
   I'd highly recommend using a standard resolution monitor.  I am betting it   
   will work as well with the 4.15 kernels once they become official releases.   
      
    BP> many as more then one :=)   
      
   See above.  Pure 64-bit ones too.  :::evil grin:::   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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