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From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
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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

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