From owner-freebsd-smp Sun Apr 23 11:43:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95F3A37B8E4 for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2000 11:43:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id LAA63088; Sun, 23 Apr 2000 11:43:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 11:43:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <200004231843.LAA63088@apollo.backplane.com> To: Bernhard Beck Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG, luoqi@watermarkgroup.com Subject: Re: Patch works with Dell 2450 (Re: Multiple APIC support) References: <39023622.8777F483@mindmaker.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org :I just confirmed that Luoqi's patch works against 4.0-RELEASE on a Dell :PowerEdge 2450. :The system boots fine. I ran a quick check by re-compiling the kernel. :So far no problems. :FBSD 4.0, RCC chipset, AIC 7899 and SMP all working at the same time. : :Now waiting for the commit of the patch to 4.0-STABLE. : :Thanks a lot guys, you saved my day! : :Bernhard :bbeck@mindmaker.com It looks like Luoqi has committed & MFC'd the patch! I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Luoqi (and those that provided the excellent bug reports) on locating and fixing this problem. The issue with SMP breakage on the Dell boxes has been with us for a while and it's nice to see progress! While there are certainly going to be continuing issues with SMP compatibility (for example, the NEC box, which is still an open issue), getting it working on Dell boxes was a major hurdle due to the number of people using Dell SMP boxes. -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message