Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:38:11 -0400 From: Joy Ganguly <joy@niksun.com> To: sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freeBSD.org> Subject: Re: SMP and APIC??? Message-ID: <39298CA3.1C6F68F2@falcon.niksun.com> References: <392982C1.674000DD@falcon.niksun.com> <58375.959022929@verdi.nethelp.no>
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sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
> > i have compiled freeBSD 3.4 SMP. but when i try to boot it the kernel
> > shows "Testing APIC 8254" and then it hangs. earlier i had run mptable
> > and it showed:I/O APICs:
> > ----------------------
> > {Lots of stuff}....
> >
> > APIC ID Version State Address
> > 2 0x20 usable 0xfec00000
> > 3 0x20 usable 0xfd8df000
>
> You seem to have two IO APICs. You need
>
> options NAPIC=2 # number of IO APICs
>
> in the kernel config, *and* the following patch to sys/i386/i386/pmap.c
> (this patch is in 3.4-STABLE, but not in 3.4-RELEASE).
thanx .... it is working now. though frankly i am still clueless about how it is
working. are there any docs about SMP on freebsd??
joy
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