From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 02:55:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C220E16A41F; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 02:55:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wilkinsa@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F29D843D45; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 02:55:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wilkinsa@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from ednmsw501.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednmsw501.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.150]) by digger1.defence.gov.au with ESMTP id j8N2s1Sc018775; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:24:01 +0930 (CST) Received: from muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (unverified) by ednmsw501.dsto.defence.gov.au (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.17) with ESMTP id ; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:25:50 +0930 Received: from ednex501.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednex501.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.81]) by muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id j8N2k0026402; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:16:00 +0930 (CST) Received: from squash.dsto.defence.gov.au ([131.185.40.212]) by ednex501.dsto.defence.gov.au with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id SJZBHTB7; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:15:50 +0930 Received: from squash.dsto.defence.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by squash.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8N2kGlc092850; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:16:16 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from wilkinsa@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: (from wilkinsa@localhost) by squash.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j8N2kG9v092849; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:16:16 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from wilkinsa) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:16:16 +0930 From: "Wilkinson, Alex" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050923024615.GT91606@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org References: <20050920004358.GA76462@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au> <432F5E10.7080406@samsco.org> <200509211640.38493.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200509211640.38493.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Message-Flag: "Beware of Outlook! It Bites " User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Cc: Subject: Re: Broken MP table detected ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 02:55:59 -0000 0n Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 04:40:36PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >On Monday 19 September 2005 08:55 pm, Scott Long wrote: >> Wilkinson, Alex wrote: >> > Can anyone tell me what the following means, and how to fix it: >> > >> > APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery >> > APIC_IO: Broken MP table detected: 8254 is not connected to IOAPIC #0 >> > intpin 2 APIC_IO: routing 8254 via 8259 and IOAPIC #0 intpin 0 >> > >> > - aW >> >> It means that you need to use 6.0 instead of 5.x =-) It represents the >> old way that we connected the timecounters, which apparently isn't well >> supported with newer amd64 boards. 6.0 solves this problem by using a >> better supported mechanism. > >Actually, this is a 4.x method and it basically means that it has fallen back >to mixed mode for IRQ0. 6.0 certainly does this better. 5.x just uses mixed >mode by default. John, what is mixed mode ? - aW