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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:59:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org>
To:        Christophe Prevotaux <c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr>
Cc:        smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP --> NORMAL KERNEL on a dual proc machine [HELP]
Message-ID:  <20020724115854.F8800-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020724170826.56abc9ec.c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr>

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are you using modules for your network cards? did you recompile the
modules?

Ken

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Christophe Prevotaux wrote:

> Hello
>
> I am running :
>
> FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE-p2 (SMP)
>
> on a
>
>
> ASUS CUV4X-DLS Dual Processors motherboard (With 2 processors)
> which had a onboard 'fxp' network card
>
> in my PCI slots I have :
>
> 1 ATM adapter Forerunner PCA200E-SMF 155Mbps
> 1 DLINK 500SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter
>
>
> With this configuration I have several problems some of which
> may or may not be SMP related but I can't really tell so I need your
> help.
>
>
> 1) the "lge" driver hangs sometimes for unknown reason
> 2) the "hfa" driver will do the same(and interested people
> can looks at the atm@freebsd.org mailing list for details I have posted)
>
>
> 3) In order to see if these problem where SMP related I proceeded to swit=
ch
> my KERNEL to non SMP
>
>   a) After recompiling my KERNEL to non SMP (standard kernel) my 2 PCI ba=
sed
>      network card (lge0) and (hfa0) refused to work , they are detected a=
t boot
>      time , and get configured properly , but no network traffic goes thr=
u (apart
>      from pinging the IP of the interface itself.
>
>    b) when recompiling in SMP kernel mode , everything works as before
>
>    c) when recompiling in NON SMP KERNEL mode and removing a processor ph=
ysically
>       (replacing it with the needed tab (terminator)) it won't work just =
as in point (a)
>
>
> I am at a loss , I do not understand what is going on, I can't believe an=
ything else than the
> kernel (and maybe modules) need to be recompiled in order to work properl=
y.
>
> What should I do ?
>
>
>
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