Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:14:39 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk (Philippe Regnauld) Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PR440fx (Toshiba) + SMP ? Message-ID: <199808172114.OAA08860@usr06.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <19980817220046.44173@deepo.prosa.dk> from "Philippe Regnauld" at Aug 17, 98 10:00:46 pm
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> But FreeBSD insists on seeing only one CPU -- I've even tried hardwiring > with NCPU=2, to no avail. I've also tried playing with the BIOS > SMP settings (1.1 or 1.4) -- no luck... Use 1.4. [ ... ] > MP Config Base Table Entries: > > -- > Processors: APIC ID Version State Family Model Step Flags > 0 0x11 BSP, usable 6 1 9 0xfbff > -- > Bus: Bus ID Type You have failed to tell your BIOS that you have a second CPU; therefore it has failed to configure the APIC ID on the second CPU, or otherwise identify it in the mptable so that FreeBSD can see it. A correctly configured BIOS will show two processors with different APIC ID's under the "Processors:" section in the mptable. Fix this, and your system should "just work", unless your clock doesn't go through your APIC, in which case you will need to twiddle a bit. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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