Hello,

> Something interesting that I've noticed about running an MP kernel on a 
> non-MP CPU card (aside from the fact that the system thinks it has two 
> processors) is that it seems to "freeze" until it gets some interrupts. If 
> the machine is otherwise idle, top or anything else which doesn't require 
> interaction will stop until something causes something (a keystroke on the 
> serial console, or a keystroke on an ssh connection). Running a 
> distributed.net client in the background keeps it going.

Strange, some people reported something like that on dual G4s, I thought it was fixed ( by Matt? )

have fun
Michael