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Cc: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 SMP on IBM x330 Dual Processor server
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Thanks!


Mel wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 January 2009 06:57:32 Tom Everett wrote:
>   
>> How does the kernel I would build from that link differ from the stock
>> 7.1 kernel?
>>     
>
> It doesn't. It's the generic "upgrading fixes all" advice.
> I don't see anything since 7.1-RELEASE in 7.1-STABLE even, that would have the 
> potential to fix your problem.
>
> Best thing you can do:
> 0) Check BIOS if there's something there that can make a CPU 'invisible'.
> 1) subscribe to freebsd-acpi and ask there if people have seen this before.
> 2) recompile kernel for acpi debugging, so you have information ready when 
> people ask for it
> 3) regardless of the 1), search for or file a new PR with your ACPI 
> information.
>
> More info here:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.html
> http://www.freebsd.org/support/bugreports.html
>