From owner-freebsd-smp Sun May 7 12: 6:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from relativity.student.utwente.nl (wit389306.student.utwente.nl [130.89.234.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1961237B80E for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 12:06:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djb@wit389306.student.utwente.nl) Received: by relativity.student.utwente.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 14EE25DF0; Sun, 7 May 2000 21:06:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 21:06:35 +0200 From: Dave Boers To: Steve Passe Cc: djb@ifa.au.dk, Bruce Evans , smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hlt instructions and temperature issues Message-ID: <20000507210634.A3886@relativity.student.utwente.nl> Reply-To: djb@ifa.au.dk References: <20000507190205.B3619@relativity.student.utwente.nl> <200005071841.MAA83955@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200005071841.MAA83955@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>; from smp@csn.net on Sun, May 07, 2000 at 12:41:39PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 12:41:39PM -0600, Steve Passe wrote: > > > [ stray irq7's in dmesg ] > > That's exactly the same as what occurred here. They didn't occur until I > > added the hlt instruction; but now I've physically removed the UDMA66 > > drive, I disabled the (Highpoint) interface and PIIX4 in the bios, and I > ^^^^^ > not sure what this means? I'm sorry. I meant the ordinary IDE interface only. The Abit BP6 (dual celeron) mainboard has two dual channel IDE controllers: the PIIX4 one (max UDMA33) and the Highpoint one (max UDMA66). > > removed the ata driver from my kernel and guess what? The stray irq7's are > > gone! Not a single one in dmesg, and uptime is 17 hours. The hlt > > instruction is still there. > > It would be interesting to with: > > no physical disk, BIOS/ata driver active. > > no physical disk, BIOS ata disabled, ata driver active. > > The question now is whether the hardware is funky, or our setup of the > hardware causes it to act funky, or if we artifically manufacture the > stray irq7s. I'll do the testing but (tomorrow) I first have to get a nasty wisdom tooth removed at the dental surgeon's. I don't know how long I need to recover but I'll do the testing afterwards. Regards, Dave. -- djb@ifa.au.dk d.j.boers@tn.utwente.nl In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is murdered for heresy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message