From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 00:02:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02EA916A46C for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 00:02:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45A113C4A3 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 00:02:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so2834506pyb for ; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:01:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=d1Ei2sEsAYpmCUfnBu/YHm/NaY0ee3U3+pdD6zNouN0=; b=Vsz1SrIocEPg48yTZA//N92vj22fAw8KTkvOUJD6hAm9GM+1+XGINvCKqxv/FZrapaFvfDXJbnQKS0zrftnVRT0TIYJqsTrMkpVj6Z78wpu2pTDRrrADX1P6sfhH8zw+pSkzrzIcb96W/VPf1i7Ur7Ztc60sVW44kGQq6rmUaVE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=DH3QQP/w8yTYcN0qrYDZHleXKAGgYE7YMoZ8alGmWdtKapZeJ/0YExp+Zn/Ef5/IaWel+gaKYw9W7PAFpeVhmzFLR4sH6j0A0EWIRcxhRBFtjAvqLzE4syAoyMBq2eW+TOgvq/FeebK0q9ZQSZYNcC4VVq3GoWVEDbjxpBVXMFA= Received: by 10.35.102.1 with SMTP id e1mr5355645pym.1194220543353; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:55:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.35.9.16 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:55:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 23:55:38 +0000 From: "Rui Paulo" Sender: rpaulo@gmail.com To: "Rink Springer" In-Reply-To: <20071104231422.GA82337@rink.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4A5A9C78-22AC-4480-BDEB-A72F6CF472DB@fnop.net> <20071104231422.GA82337@rink.nu> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9cae1ca62355628d Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MacBook users: possible fix for the SMP problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:02:02 -0000 On Nov 4, 2007 11:14 PM, Rink Springer wrote: > Hi Rui, > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:59:28PM +0000, Rui Paulo wrote: > > Note: this is still a hack. I'm still thinking about a way to > > correctly identify on which systems we need to apply this fix. > > This indeed looks hackikly - I don't know whether it's possible to > distinguish between a 'normal' PC or a MacBook - but if this is not > possible, maybe a kernel option is in order? It's possible to distinguish between a MacBook and a PeeCee via smbios vendor strings. But what I actually wanted was something more general. Regards. -- Rui Paulo