Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 08:09:34 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What 100mbps ethernet card(s) to use w/SMP? Message-ID: <19970611080934.37800@luke.pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <199706110403.WAA23218@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>; from Steve Passe on Tue, Jun 10, 1997 at 10:03:55PM -0600 References: <19970610223015.14169@luke.pmr.com> <199706110403.WAA23218@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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On Tue, Jun 10, 1997 at 10:03:55PM -0600, Steve Passe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I am having a difficult time coming up with an ethernet card that
> > will work on my smp system. The closest I've gotten so far is with
> > an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B, which only works with UP kernels.
> > With an SMP kernel I get persistent timeouts. The SMC 9332BDT
> > gives similar results on an SMP kernel, but fails differently on
> > a UP kernel. (Following probe at boot, all lights -- including
> > the link integrity indicator -- go off and stay off. The card is
> > completely dead.)
> > ...
> > I can't believe that there are folks out there that are successfully
> > running SMPs on 100mbps LANs. I just can't seem to make any headway
> > on resolving this.
> >
> > System specifics:
> >
> > Hardware:
> > ASUS P/I-P65UP5 w/C-P6ND.
> > 2 150MHz PPro CPUs
> > 64MB RAM
> > ASUS PCI-SC875 (Symbios 53C875 SCSI controller)
> > ASUS SC-200 (Symbios 53C810 SCSI controller)
> > Matrox Melenium graphics adapter
> >
> > Software:
> > FreeBSD-970527-SNAP at first. I then upgraded to FreeBSD-current
> > (as early morning of 06/10).
>
> I'm running intel 100/Pros @ 100 bps on 2 different P6 SMP boxes, plus 1 P5
> SMP box. all talk to one another without complaint.
>
> send us an "mptable -dmesg" output, run immediately after booting the
> problamtic SMP kernel.
Ok, here it is:
===============================================================================
MPTable, version 2.0.11
looking for EBDA pointer @ 0x040e, found, searching EBDA @ 0x0009f000
searching CMOS 'top of mem' @ 0x0009ec00 (635K)
searching default 'top of mem' @ 0x0009fc00 (639K)
searching BIOS @ 0x000f0000
MP FPS found in BIOS @ physical addr: 0x000f61b0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MP Floating Pointer Structure:
location: BIOS
physical address: 0x000f61b0
signature: '_MP_'
length: 16 bytes
version: 1.1
checksum: 0x8d
mode: Virtual Wire
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MP Config Table Header:
physical address: 0x000f5daa
signature: 'PCMP'
base table length: 244
version: 1.1
checksum: 0x29
OEM ID: 'OEM00000'
Product ID: 'PROD00000000'
OEM table pointer: 0x00000000
OEM table size: 0
entry count: 22
local APIC address: 0xfee00000
extended table length: 0
extended table checksum: 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MP Config Base Table Entries:
--
Processors: APIC ID Version State Family Model Step Flags
1 0x11 BSP, usable 6 1 2 0xfbff
0 0x11 AP, usable 6 1 2 0xfbff
--
Bus: Bus ID Type
0 PCI
1 ISA
--
I/O APICs: APIC ID Version State Address
2 0x11 usable 0xfec00000
--
I/O Ints: Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC ID INT#
ExtINT conforms conforms 1 0 2 0
INT conforms conforms 1 1 2 1
INT conforms conforms 1 0 2 2
INT conforms conforms 1 3 2 3
INT conforms conforms 1 4 2 4
INT conforms conforms 1 5 2 5
INT conforms conforms 1 6 2 6
INT conforms conforms 1 7 2 7
INT conforms conforms 1 8 2 8
INT conforms conforms 1 12 2 12
INT conforms conforms 1 14 2 14
INT active-lo level 1 11 2 16
INT active-lo level 1 10 2 17
INT active-lo level 1 9 2 18
INT active-lo level 1 15 2 19
--
Local Ints: Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC ID INT#
ExtINT active-hi edge 1 0 255 0
NMI active-hi edge 1 0 255 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SMP kernel config file options:
# Required:
options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O
# Useful:
#options SMP_AUTOSTART # start the additional CPUs during boot
# Optional (built-in defaults will work in most cases):
#options NCPU=2 # number of CPUs
#options NBUS=2 # number of busses
#options NAPIC=1 # number of IO APICs
#options NINTR=24 # number of INTs
# Currently broken:
#options SMP_PRIVPAGES # BROKEN, DO NOT use!
# Rogue hardware:
#
# Tyan Tomcat II:
#options SMP_TIMER_NC #
#
# SuperMicro P6DNE:
#options SMP_TIMER_NC #
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dmesg output:
Copyright (c) 1992-1997 FreeBSD Inc.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #1: Wed Jun 11 06:59:24 CDT 1997
root@lando.pmr.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/LANDO-mp
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard
cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 1, version: 0x00040011
cpu1 (AP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011
io0 (APIC): apic id: 2, version: 0x00170011
CPU: Pentium Pro (686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x612 Stepping=2
Features=0xfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV>
real memory = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
avail memory = 63676416 (62184K bytes)
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
chip0: <Intel 82440FX (Natoma) PCI and memory controller> rev 0x02 on pci0.0.0
chip1: <Intel 82371SB PCI to ISA bridge> rev 0x01 on pci0.1.0
chip2: <Intel 82371SB IDE interface> rev 0x00 on pci0.1.1
fxp0: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 0x01 int a irq 9 on pci0.10.0
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:00:54:cd
ncr0: <ncr 53c810 scsi> rev 0x02 int a irq 10 on pci0.11.0
ncr0: waiting for scsi devices to settle
scbus0 at ncr0 bus 0
sd0 at scbus0 target 0 lun 0
sd0: <SEAGATE ST32550N 0021> type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd0: Direct-Access
sd0: 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)
2047MB (4194058 512 byte sectors)
cd0 at scbus0 target 4 lun 0
cd0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3401TA 0283> type 5 removable SCSI 2
cd0: CD-ROM
cd0: asynchronous.
can't get the size
ncr1: <ncr 53c875 wide scsi> rev 0x03 int a irq 11 on pci0.12.0
ncr1: waiting for scsi devices to settle
scbus1 at ncr1 bus 0
sd1 at scbus1 target 0 lun 0
sd1: <IBM DCAS-32160W !# S62A> type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd1: Direct-Access
sd1: WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled
sd1: 20.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 15)
2063MB (4226725 512 byte sectors)
vga0: <VGA-compatible display device> rev 0x01 int a irq 15 on pci0.13.0
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
psm0: disabled, not probed.
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: NEC 72065B
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
matcdc0 not found at 0x230
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
Enabled INTs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, imen: 0x00fff021
SMP: All idle procs online.
SMP: *** AUTO *** starting 1st AP!
SMP: AP CPU #1 LAUNCHED!! Starting Scheduling...
SMP: TADA! CPU #1 made it into the scheduler!.
SMP: All 2 CPU's are online!
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
===============================================================================
>
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