From owner-freebsd-smp Wed Dec 6 13:47:40 2000 From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 13:47:38 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from thelab.hub.org (CDR22-166.accesscable.net [24.138.22.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFBB137B401; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:47:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by thelab.hub.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB6Lkx720114; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:46:59 -0400 (AST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) X-Authentication-Warning: thelab.hub.org: scrappy owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:46:59 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM 7100 Server with Dual Xeon's ... In-Reply-To: <200012062036.eB6KaDF52151@mass.osd.bsdi.com> 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 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 > > 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 > > > > -- > ... 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] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > > > 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