From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Aug 15 13:47: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1-ext.oskarmobil.cz (smtp1-ext.oskarmobil.cz [195.47.29.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D120C37BC82 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:46:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from milon.papezik@oskarmobil.cz) Received: from wh01ex02.ceskymobil.cz (exchange1.ceskymobil.cz [172.20.128.42]) by smtp1-ext.oskarmobil.cz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA68709; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:43:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from oskarmobil.cz (papezik.ceskymobil.cz [172.20.128.9]) by wh01ex02.ceskymobil.cz with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id Q9SGMVNK; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:46:29 +0200 Message-ID: <3999AB39.11230CE9@oskarmobil.cz> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:42:33 +0200 From: Milon Papezik X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: cs, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Day Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP on Compaq Proliant ML530 References: <200008142150.OAA04930@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <39986913.E99D87B1@ikadega.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Kevin Day wrote: > > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > MP Config Extended Table Entries: > > > > > > Extended Table HOSED! > > > > This is a bit ugly, but you may be able to improve things by switching OS > > modes in 'advanced' mode in the ECU. Hit Alt-A at the first setup screen > > once you've booted SmartStart and see whether tweaking anything there > > helps. The system will work OK like this though. > > > > I played with that a bit before posting. If I tell it I'm using Windows NT, > my SCSI devices seem to disappear. If I tell it I'm using NetWare, I can > only see the first PCI bus. Telling it I'm running RedHat Linux is the only > way I got this far. There are a few more obscure OS choices there (who still > uses Banyan Vines, especially on a server this size?) that I'll keep trying. UnixWare 7 is usualy a good choice to get correct MP table on Compaqs. Could you please try it and let us know? Thanks in advance, Milon -- milon.papezik@oskarmobil.cz > > > > > > Programming 35 pins in IOAPIC #0 > > > IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0 > > > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard > > > cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 1, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000 > > > cpu1 (AP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000 > > > io0 (APIC): apic id: 8, version: 0x00220011, at 0xfec00000 > > > > This is OK, although now we'd move the ioapic down to id 2. > > Perhaps this is a carryover from the ML530's bigger brother that has 8 > procs. > > > > > > 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 > > > > This is very typical, hence us having a workaround for it. > > Ok. Perhaps a second test after doing the reroute that says "Workaround > successful" so people like me don't worry quite as much about it? :) > > > > > > > > Everything *seems* ok, but those messages kinda scare me. Has anyone > > > seen anything like this? > > > > Yeah, it's all pretty common. The warning messages are a bit alarming > > though, granted. > > Now if we can only get Compaq to list FreeBSD under the "other" category of > OS's in the startup software. :) > > Thanks, > > -- Kevin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message