From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Nov  7 13:40:25 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B798816A40F
	for <freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  7 Nov 2006 13:40:25 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org)
Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6993B43D5E
	for <freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  7 Nov 2006 13:40:25 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org)
Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kA7DePDN072538
	for <freebsd-i386@freefall.freebsd.org>; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:40:25 GMT
	(envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org)
Received: (from gnats@localhost)
	by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id kA7DePOZ072537;
	Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:40:25 GMT (envelope-from gnats)
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:40:25 GMT
Message-Id: <200611071340.kA7DePOZ072537@freefall.freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org
From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: 
Subject: Re: i386/104678: SMP not working on Turion XP Laptop
X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
Reply-To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD <freebsd-i386.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-i386>,
	<mailto:freebsd-i386-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-i386>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-i386@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-i386-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-i386>,
	<mailto:freebsd-i386-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:40:25 -0000

The following reply was made to PR i386/104678; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
To: "Rainer Alves" <rainer.alves@gmail.com>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org, danolson@visi.com, bde@zeta.org.au, 
	jhb@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: i386/104678: SMP not working on Turion XP Laptop
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:38:11 +0300

 On 11/7/06, Rainer Alves <rainer.alves@gmail.com> wrote:
 > I own a HP dv9000 and the outcome here is even worse: FreeBSD is
 > completely unusable.
 > It doesn't matter if I disable APIC, ACPI or only SMP.
 >
 > - Booting without any hints results in the well-known keyboard slowness.
 > - Disabling APIC or ACPI results in a kernel panic while trying to
 > attach nve0 (nForce3), complete panic message available upon request.
 > - Disabling only SMP hangs the system after printing "ad0: ...".
 >
 > I've tried 6.2-BETA3 and 7.0-CURRENT (the snapshot ISO from 200610).
 > Don't know what else to do, any hints would be greatly appreciated.
 
 Try to set kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 and start md5</dev/zero in the background. If you manage,
 that should make the system usable, but not glitch-free.