Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:15:04 +0530 From: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Vaibhave Agarwal <vaibhave@cs.utah.edu>, current@freebsd.org, chris@gnome.co.uk, chmr@edvz.tu-graz.ac.at Subject: Re: Freebsd 6.0 doesnt detect local APIC on a Pentium 3 machine Message-ID: <84dead720511070545i4c585f4bt600af50776d1a458@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200511061012.57212.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20051027233636.GA39380@dmw.hopto.org> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0510281621120.19263@trust.cs.utah.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0511060450130.4600@trust.cs.utah.edu> <200511061012.57212.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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>>>> "jb" =3D=3D "John Baldwin" said: jb> We don't detect the local APIC via MSR's or the APIC bit in jb> cpu_features, but rely on a working MP Table or MADT table jb> to setup both the local APIC(s) and I/O APIC(s). Unfortunately not having the APIC enabled in the BIOS also means that we cannot use PMCs, the APIC timer or the thermal monitor, even if the CPU implements these features. My too simple experiment attempting to enable the local APIC on an AMD K7 box didn't go very well; this would be entirely due to lack of clue on my part since Linux 2.4 seems to be able to turn on the APIC on the same hardware without issues. -- FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy
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