From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 16:45:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7FA716A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:45:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from duchess.speedfactory.net (duchess.speedfactory.net [66.23.201.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D25743D45 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:45:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ups@tree.com) Received: (qmail 2475 invoked by uid 89); 12 Nov 2004 16:45:13 -0000 Received: from duchess.speedfactory.net (66.23.201.84) by duchess.speedfactory.net with SMTP; 12 Nov 2004 16:45:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 2402 invoked by uid 89); 12 Nov 2004 16:45:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO palm.tree.com) (66.23.216.49) by duchess.speedfactory.net with SMTP; 12 Nov 2004 16:45:12 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost.tree.com [127.0.0.1]) by palm.tree.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iACGjB5R084258; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:45:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ups@tree.com) From: Stephan Uphoff To: Nik Azim Azam In-Reply-To: <20041112141930.21592.qmail@web54607.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041112141930.21592.qmail@web54607.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1100277911.78635.480.camel@palm.tree.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:45:11 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: "Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra" cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: number of CPUs and IPI panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:45:18 -0000 On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 09:19, Nik Azim Azam wrote: > Win2K Advanced Server works just fine here. The root cause seems to be a misunderstanding of the interrupt delivery and buffering mechanism. The fix may take a few days since it probably requires extensive changes to the IPI layer. > --- "Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra" > wrote: > > > Josh Tolbert wrote: > > > > >Win2K Advanced Server works just fine on these > > boxes, no special patches needed. FreeBSD-4.x ran > > just fine on my Revolution 6x6 (also 6x PII > > OverDrive; you can see it at > > > http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/Pics/Comps/ALR/). > > If you > > >want high-detail pics of a 6x6 motherboard, let me > > know. I have a spare dead one that I looted some > > parts from to revive my working one. > > > > > >I haven't tried FreeBSD-5.x on my 6x6, mainly cause > > the thing is disassembled until I build a case for > > it. Mine never had problems crashing under heavy > > load with 4.x, though. > > > > > > > > Indeed, but there's one detail being overlooked; > > You're dealing with a genuine ALR. What we have in > > this instance is a > > Unisys Aquanta Hx/6. The Hx/6 is not identical to > > the ALR, because > > Unisys can't leave good enough alone. (I had to deal > > with a DS6, which > > is based on the Revolution 4-way.) I definitely > > would not put stupid > > BIOS tweaks past it; in fact, I would very much > > expect them. > > As far as functionality; oh, yes, I can also confirm > > that on 4.x they > > were fine. I had opportunity to test a DS6, though, > > and it would -not- > > behave unless I told it I was Windows NT. The Unisys > > part here may be a > > similar situation. In fact, comparing your dmesg, I > > can say with some > > certainty that the Unisys part is not the same. For > > example; there is no > > pcic0. (This still may be erroneous.) Not > > remembering 4.x too well, the > > boot order also has me wondering, but that may just > > be 4.x. > > Somewhere around here I should have a bunch of notes > > on the ALR > > implementation. Both of those seem off to me for > > several reasons; I see > > two Orions detected when I'm fairly certain we > > should detect a total of > > three (not including memory card.) ISTR the APIC > > being a 24 pin, as > > well. I'll have to see if I can find what disk I > > stuck them on. > > > > -ksaihr > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > > >