Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:35:37 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MacBook users: possible fix for the SMP problem Message-ID: <4730C209.3070703@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4A5A9C78-22AC-4480-BDEB-A72F6CF472DB@fnop.net> References: <4A5A9C78-22AC-4480-BDEB-A72F6CF472DB@fnop.net>
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Rui Paulo wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been contacted by Marco Trillo and I think he has found the source
> of the SMP problem.
> The problem seems to rely on Intel ICH7. Basically we need to disable
> the "LEGACY_USB" bit before we calibrate the clocks.
> "LEGACY_USB", according to Marco (I don't have the ICH7 spec at hand),
> "causes legacy USB circuit to generate SMIs".
>
> Please try the following patch:
> --- sys/amd64/isa/clock.c.orig 2007-11-04 20:31:09.000000000 +0000
> +++ sys/amd64/isa/clock.c 2007-11-04 20:34:59.000000000 +0000
> @@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ startrtclock()
> writertc(RTC_STATUSA, rtc_statusa);
> writertc(RTC_STATUSB, RTCSB_24HR);
>
> + outl(0x430, inl(0x430) & ~0x8);
> +
> freq = calibrate_clocks();
> #ifdef CLK_CALIBRATION_LOOP
> if (bootverbose) {
> --- sys/i386/isa/clock.c.orig 2007-11-04 20:34:03.000000000 +0000
> +++ sys/i386/isa/clock.c 2007-11-04 20:34:30.000000000 +0000
> @@ -621,6 +621,8 @@ startrtclock()
> writertc(RTC_STATUSA, rtc_statusa);
> writertc(RTC_STATUSB, RTCSB_24HR);
>
> + outl(0x430, inl(0x430) & ~0x8);
> +
> freq = calibrate_clocks();
> #ifdef CLK_CALIBRATION_LOOP
> if (bootverbose) {
>
>
> This should probably fix two issues:
> 1) The second core should start without any trick (e.g. key press)
> 2) We should be able to run with HZ=1000 (the default) without any
> problem. To check if this is indeed the case, try booting with HZ=1000
> (loader.conf variable kern.hz) and check if your CPU clock shows up
> correctly in the dmesg. After that, please also check if 'time sleep 1'
> takes one second (not more and not less).
>
> Also, please test if there are any USB problems.
>
> Note: this is still a hack. I'm still thinking about a way to correctly
> identify on which systems we need to apply this fix.
I can confirm on my MacBook Pro Core Duo 15", that this patch does fix
the second CPU init problem (no more key presses), and kern.hz=1000
works as expected (CPU @ 2.0 GHz). Thanks!
Joe
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Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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