From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 20 00:13:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8382116A41F for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:13:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from linda-4.paradise.net.nz (bm-4a.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 118CA43D46 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:13:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (tclsnelb2-src-1.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.177]) by linda-4.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0IQ800KM58MDO7@linda-4.paradise.net.nz> for freebsd-smp@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:13:25 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-29-89.dsl.clear.net.nz [218.101.29.89]) by smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA3B158858E; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:13:25 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:13:23 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood In-reply-to: <20051119153629.a1do15u7sw0o4kwg@webmail.1command.com> To: Network Operations Center Message-id: <437FBFA3.7010402@paradise.net.nz> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20051106) References: <437ADCED.2030906@paradise.net.nz> <20051117021657.vgmrdp8ys0ogwg40@webmail.1command.com> <437CE8FF.7000509@paradise.net.nz> <437D7D1C.1090008@paradise.net.nz> <20051119153629.a1do15u7sw0o4kwg@webmail.1command.com> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP kernel but no SMP detected on Tyan S2515 X-BeenThere: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD SMP implementation group List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:13:41 -0000 Network Operations Center wrote: > Hello, > Just for the sake of clarity, are you *now* able to run SMP on that board? > As the BIOS('s) go, Tyan has two that I am aware of. The most recent one > added > suppport UDMS(2) 66 and faster/ wider SCSI, among other things. It would > probably > be a good investment to re-locate your previous (un-working) BIOS back > into the > motherboard and flash it (up) to the newer version. Might fix what ails > it. Also > there is a project on SourceForge (recently updated and ruined - > SourceForge, that > is) > that allows you to edit/ enhance/ repair your BIOS. I've used it quite a > bit and > I have found it very useful. Yep - have an mptable, with 2 cpus detected. Relevant bits of dmesg: MPTable: FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 . . . SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! With respect to the original BIOS - I'm pretty sure the one that refused to detect an mptable was deliberately altered by the vendor, so it's not a standard Tyan BIOS at all. Thanks for the tip about BIOS repair/reflash - there is no need right now - as the donor board is faulty/marginal (capacitors flaky). However, I have two boards in such a state (S2510 and S2515), and I am considering getting my local electronics business to see if they can replace all the capacitors on them. If they can (and the price is not prohibitive) then yes, I'll need to look at sorting the BIOS's out! Cheers Mark