Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 20:24:46 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Theodore Cekan <ted@mho.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smp question Message-ID: <377528FE.6D9B2F97@tdx.co.uk> References: <01d001bec005$ac249280$5c691ace@theodore.mho.net>
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Theodore Cekan wrote: > > Thanks, then I have another question :) On bootup I get these messages: > APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery > APIC_IO: Broken MP table detected: 8254 is not connected to IO APIC int pin > 2 > APIC_IO: routing 8254 via 8259 on pin 0 > > It seems that either the motherboard is incompatible, or there really is > something wrong with the mp table. > > Any thoughts? Yeah, don't worry about it! - it means what it says... That the output of the 8254 controller/chip isn't connected to the APIC (used to handle IRQ's when in SMP mode)... Both the SMP boards I have here (both SuperMicro) come up with the same message... FreeBSD has a work-around for it (as it says, it's re-routing the 8254 via the 8259 on pin 0) and should work fine... Some would argue it's a 'broken' motherboard... If so, motherboards these days are mostly broken... A fact I don't find hard to believe! <g> -Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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