From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 28 05:02:29 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBCD516A400 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:02:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A51043DA0 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:02:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id B5072F812 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:02:20 -0600 (MDT) Received: from shredder.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.58]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 947E4F7BB for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:02:20 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:07:16 -0600 From: Ken Gunderson To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20060627230716.44120c49.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: References: <74DFB78C-4710-4DD2-A3DA-222BABAECE96@khera.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.5 (GTK+ 2.8.18; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: SMP system not running SMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:02:29 -0000 On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:06:51 +0100 Pete French wrote: > > Sun Fire X4100 dual opteron, Adaptec 2230 SLP PCI-X card attached to > > 14-disk U320 disk array. FreeBSD 6.0-REL. Running non-stop since > > January as a busy postgresql server. I'm buying another one this > > week since they're so stable. > > Whats the motherboard and chipset ? The problem only seems to > happen on those 8111 / 8131 based boards - if it's one of those > and it runs then I'd be extremely interested! I have several Tyan 2882 that use these chipsets running SMP. I'm using LSI MegaRAID cards though, both PCI and PCI-X. I had issues w/the RAID under moderate load that I never got solved but the machines run do run SMP. -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)