From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Aug 28 1:55:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D61037B43E; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 01:55:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA00739; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 02:09:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200008280909.CAA00739@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 370DLE motherboard In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:01:45 PDT." <200008242301.e7ON1jX13791@portnoy.lbl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 02:09:02 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Just tested on Supermicro 370DLE motherboard and had problem with dual CPU. These aren't actually "problems" as such; they're fairly consistent with expected results. > The fxp0 is the primary network link, and the sk0 is a back-to-back connection > to the other 370DLE (both are identical). > > With one CPU installed, the sk0 throughput is 900 Mbps. > With two CPU installed, the sk0 throughput drops to 837 Mbps (non_SMP kernel). > With two CPU installed + SMP kernel, the sk0 throughput drops to 770 Mbps. > > Case 1 and 3 are expected, however, the case 2 is NOT expected (non_SMP kernel). Actually, it's not entirely unexpected. I'd accept that even if the second CPU is idle, there is extra latency somewhere in the chipset due to its presence. > The dmesg shows some information about timer (8254) interrupt issue. > > APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery > APIC_IO: Broken MP table detected: 8254 is not connected to IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 > APIC_IO: routing 8254 via 8259 and IOAPIC #0 intpin 0 > Waiting 7 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! > > Both machines have the same message. I wonder if the 4.1 does not recognize > the board well, or there is something wrong with "ServerWork LE" chipset. No, this is a harmless bug. It's common for systems to lie about the 8254 interrupt routing, and we should probably complain less bitterly about it. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Sep 1 5:37: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.via-net-works.net.ar (ns1.via-net-works.net.ar [200.10.100.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34D5437B422 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 05:37:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from fpscha@localhost) by ns1.via-net-works.net.ar (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA23239 for freebsd-smp@freebsd.org; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:36:56 -0300 (GMT) From: Fernando Schapachnik Message-Id: <200009011236.JAA23239@ns1.via-net-works.net.ar> Subject: SMP on Compaq Proliant 1600 To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:36:54 -0300 (GMT) Reply-To: Fernando Schapachnik X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello: I have a Compaq Proliant 1600 with 512 Mb RAM and a dual Pentium III 733. I'm using 4.1-RELEASE, which works OK on 1 processor. Booting dual proc. with: options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O # Optionally these may need tweaked, (defaults shown): options NCPU=2 # number of CPUs options NBUS=4 # number of busses options NAPIC=1 # number of IO APICs options NINTR=43 # number of INTs gets me: Programming 35 pins in IOAPIC #0 IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0 IOAPIC #0 intpin 24 -> irq 16 IOAPIC #0 intpin 35 -> irq 2 and it hangs there. NITR=43 was suggested by the kernel at boot time, but I'm not sure what NAPIC and NBUS should be. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Fernando P. Schapachnik Administración de la red VIA NET.WORKS ARGENTINA S.A. fernando@via-net-works.net.ar (54-11) 4323-3333 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Sep 1 6:12:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from thelab.hub.org (CDR27-115.accesscable.net [24.138.27.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F3B837B42C for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 06:12:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by thelab.hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA66697 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:12:37 -0300 (ADT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) X-Authentication-Warning: thelab.hub.org: scrappy owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:12:37 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: NF7100R - Quad-Xeon machine ... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anyone have any experience with this? The server that we are picking this up to upgrade is currently running FreeBSD, and it was pretty much my first FreeBSD "slipped through the cracks" ... I'd prefer *not* to have to go to Solaris/x86 to support it, so ... The machine is spec'd out as: NF7100R/Xeon 700/1024KB/256MB/10 HS HDD/6HS PCI + Nefinity 700Mhz/1MB Upgrade II With Pentium III Xeon Processor + ServeRAID-4M Ultra 160 SCSI Controller I know there is a major cleanup/rewrite of the SMP code going on, and very much look forward to seeing that when it comes out ... I just want to be reasonably comfortable that FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE is going to be STABLE on that hardware ... Thanks ... Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Sep 1 12:58:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8310337B43F for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 12:58:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA05477; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 12:31:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200009011931.MAA05477@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NF7100R - Quad-Xeon machine ... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 01 Sep 2000 10:12:37 -0300." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 12:31:39 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Anyone have any experience with this? The server that we are picking this > up to upgrade is currently running FreeBSD, and it was pretty much my > first FreeBSD "slipped through the cracks" ... I'd prefer *not* to have to > go to Solaris/x86 to support it, so ... > > The machine is spec'd out as: > > NF7100R/Xeon 700/1024KB/256MB/10 HS HDD/6HS PCI > + Nefinity 700Mhz/1MB Upgrade II With Pentium III Xeon Processor > + ServeRAID-4M Ultra 160 SCSI Controller > > I know there is a major cleanup/rewrite of the SMP code going on, and very > much look forward to seeing that when it comes out ... I just want to be > reasonably comfortable that FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE is going to be STABLE on > that hardware ... You'll need a different RAID controller, since I haven't had the opportunity to produce support for the ServeRAID, and you might want to have a known-good ethernet card to hand because I had some funky experiences with the old NF7000's and their onboard ethernet, but the box itself should be fine. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message