Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 07:43:29 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, rv@groa.uct.ac.za, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP on Intel XXpress Message-ID: <199609052343.HAA16950@spinner.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Sep 1996 17:22:44 CST." <199609052322.RAA28908@clem.systemsix.com>
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Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > after the "sysctl kern.smp_active=2" the 2nd CPU calls secondary_main() > > which merely prints an info message, then calls cpu_switch(), from which > > it never returns (thats a good thing, it shouldn't). but from this point > > on we have the INT loss problem. > > is anything actual using the routine in i386/isa/vector.s: > > FAST_INTR(irq_num, vec_name, enable_icus) > > I believe it has a bug where it fails to release the mp_lock for > hardware INTerrupts. It would not suprise me if it was.. Something certainly is amis somewhere (although different to the problem that you're looking for), I'm almost sure I'm seeing effects of occasionally having both cpu's in the kernel at simultaniously somehow.... The current kernel mutex entry/exit is a nightmare to try and do locking for... Cheers, -Peter
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