Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:06:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Matthew Sullivan <matthew@uq.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP on Compaq DL380 Message-ID: <20050422190208.M68772@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <4267A1CF.3080903@uq.edu.au> References: <4267A1CF.3080903@uq.edu.au>
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Matthew Sullivan wrote: > I've been reading about problems with HP/Compaq's regarding launching of > second CPUs on SMP systems. > > I've been through the BIOS settings and there seems to be no settings to > change the APCI table etc.... > > Now one thing that does seem common, when I have BIOS's with MP table version > set to 1.4 FreeBSD doesn't report the second CPU being launched (even though > it is seen in the acpidump).... When I set the BIOS to version 1.2 of the MP > table the second CPU is reported and launched. > > Now the Compaq DL380's I have done seem to have the ability to set 1.4 or 1.2 > of the table ... mptable reports 1.4... (below) > > Any suggestions on how to launch the second CPU...? Make a boot -v from this machine available. Cheers, Andy | Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > | Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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