Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:46:59 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM 7100 Server with Dual Xeon's ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061746350.1558-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <200012062036.eB6KaDF52151@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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damn, I was *going* to ask ... can someone resend it, and does it apply to
4.2?
thanks ...
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Mike Smith wrote:
>
> Try the patch that Peter just posted for the Compaq DL360. I think your
> box has the same problem.
>
> > I've been trying to get FreeBSD to go SMP on this box for ages now
> > ... since *BSD isn't supported by IBM, I got one of our linux guys over
> > here to help me out ... we created an SMP boot floppy, to see if we'd get
> > a hang using it, and we didn't *but*, it did give us a warning:
> >
> > WARNING: MP table in the EBDA can be UNSAFE
> >
> > does this mean anything to anyone?
> >
> > As part of the Linux boot sequence, it also told us:
> >
> > Intel MultiProcessor Specifications v1.4
> > VirtualWire Compatibility mode.
> >
> > if that also means anything?
> >
> > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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