Description of problem: The "flags" line is improperly formatted on smp systems with "runqueue" inserted between the work "flags" and the flags themselves. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 2.4.22-2097-nptl up & smp versions **** cat /proc/cpuinfo on up system: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 800.038 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips : 1595.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***** on smp system: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping : 10 cpu MHz : 931.839 cache size : 256 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : runqueue : 0 fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips : 1854.66 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping : 10 cpu MHz : 931.839 cache size : 256 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : runqueue : 1 fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips : 1861.22
Note: I realize that Red Hat does not always pay a lot of attention to VMware but these really screws things up for VMware users and I consider this a MUST FIX. Personally, I have edited the vmware-config.pl to get around the problem but I am not sure how may will be able to do that.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107762 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.