From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 27 13:36:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE89A16A408 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:36:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from petefrench@ticketswitch.com) Received: from mail.ticketswitch.com (mail.ticketswitch.com [194.200.93.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA0243D7C for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:36:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from petefrench@ticketswitch.com) Received: from [172.16.1.6] (helo=dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk) by mail.ticketswitch.com with esmtp (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FvDkL-000P6V-Kk; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:36:53 +0100 Received: from petefrench by dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk with local (Exim 4.61 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FvDkI-000A1t-IY; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:36:50 +0100 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, seebs@plethora.net In-Reply-To: <200606271317.k5RDHfbB001686@guild.plethora.net> Message-Id: From: Pete French Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:36:50 +0100 Cc: Subject: Re: SMP system not running SMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:36:58 -0000 > We haven't heard from anyone using boards with this hardware in SMP. Soren has a board like mine runnign SMP - but he is (preseumably, given it's him!) using IDE drives with it. > I don't know how many amd64 users are trying for SMP, but it's interesting > that no one seems to be doing it successfully with Adaptec controllers > (possibly qualified to "on motherboards with this chipset"). I am thinking it's the chipset myself - I can get the same problem with my HP controller there instead of my Adaptec. I am going to scour ebay for some other brand of SCSI controller and see if that does the same. > Yup. But I oughta try the experiment of disabling EVERY ACPI feature that > I can. I'd put money on it not helping I'm afraid, but you are right that it's worth a try. > What's bugging me is that, despite people having told me you can't have SMP > without ACPI, I thought I did the NetBSD test back when I had ACPI disabled I think what people are sayng is that ACPI is part of the spec for the 64 bit platform. So you *shouldn't* do a 64 bit OS with ACPI disabled, and it's hardly surprising if you run into problems if you do. Under 32 bit (which is what I have reverted to trying) then ACPI is not part of the platform spec and is thus not needed for SMP (as SMP on 32 bit predates ACPI). So if you ran 32 bit NetBSD then it should work with or withough ACPI. If you run it as 64 bit's then it is well within it's right to fail if ACPI is disabled. On the other hand it might just share the 32 bit code and still work. That's my understanding - can someone correct me if the above is wrong ? -pete. PS: Anyone in the Angel-London-UK area willing to lend me a non Adaptec SCSI card for an evening ?