From owner-freebsd-current Fri Oct 2 08:02:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA11086 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 08:02:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA11066 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 08:02:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost.StevesCafe.com [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA04264; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:02:10 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199810021502.JAA04264@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 From: Steve Passe To: ulf@Alameda.net cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0-19980930-BETA, Tyan TomCat II Dual P5-166 is having problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:44:46 PDT." <19981002004446.A26323@Alameda.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 09:02:10 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > If I bring the system up in single CPU mode, everything is fine. > Starting up SMP, I get the message that the MP table is broken, routing > via pin 0. The person who gave me the board, said he had it working with > an earlier snap shot and Linux and it was reporting "routing via pin 2" > (at least under Linux, he can't remember FreeBSD). > > The system comes up, but then I get 20-25% of the CPU time eaten by > interrupts, everytime the IRQ of the fxp card. There is no traffic > going out and almost no traffic coming in (a few broadcasts). > > systat -vmstat reports 28,000 to 40,000 interrupts on the IRQ of the > network card. > > Any idea what is broken ? the "MP table is broken, routing via pin 0" line refers to the routing of the 8254 clock INT. If this is getting mis-routed (ie left floating) it might generate copious INTs. Try removing the network card, then boot. If you still get the INTs look at the pin 0 vs. pin 2 issue. If they go away it probably is something about the network card. Post the output of the 'mptable' program to the smp list. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message