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From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
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Hi,

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:11:27 +0000 (UTC)
rondzierwa@comcast.net wrote:

> Out of desperation, I tried disabling all but one of the processors.
> (hint.lapic.x.disabled=1 where x == 1, 2 and 3). Oddly enough the
> system doesn't reboot anymore. 

doesn't it matter which CPU is still running?

Could also try to enable just one core in each cpu?

Erich