From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 12:10:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49CA7106564A for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF00F8FC15 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [82.95.250.254]) by smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m38BuAxH026821; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:56:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.14.2/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m38BuAeh036633; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:56:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m38BuAiU036632; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:56:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:56:10 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Jase Thew Message-ID: <20080408115610.GA36603@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200804011243.06122.antik@bsd.ee> <3c0b01820804071145t5bfcd01al55f70ce7f1826b19@mail.gmail.com> <47FB5686.7030705@beardz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47FB5686.7030705@beardz.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Alexander Sack , Andrei Kolu , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Don't recognizing SMP... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:10:56 -0000 Quoting Jase Thew, who wrote on Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 12:27:02PM +0100 .. > Alexander Sack wrote: > >On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:43 AM, Andrei Kolu wrote: > >>On Monday 31 March 2008 12:31:49 ??? wrote: > >> > I installed FreeBSD 7.0 on HP DL 380. > >> > > >> > This is a mptable result. > >> > > >> > > # mptable > >> > > Processors: APIC ID Version State Family Model Step > >> > > Flags 0 0x14 BSP, usable 6 2 1 0x0381 > >> 6 > >> > > 0x14 AP, usable 15 2 9 0xbfebfbff > >> > > >> > 2 way cpus are same as 3.0GHz Xeon CPU. But they have different > >> > Family, Step, and Flags. > >> > > >> SMP does NOT work with cpus with different steppings. You should find > >> other > >> matching pair for smp to work. > > > >Then this needs to be FIXED because MANY OEMs ship mixed stepping > >processors as Intel now supports it.... > > > > But does Intel support mixing different families and models? I was under > the impression that as long as the families and models were the same, > the stepping can be different. I think it is not as black/white as that: some steppings are OK in a mix, others are not. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org