From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 7 19:42:05 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 6DB5C16A4CE for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 19:42:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgdirector4.onetel.net.uk (msgdirector4.onetel.net.uk [212.67.96.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 780C843D5A for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 19:42:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk) Received: from central.local.mattsnetwork.co.uk (213-78-97-50.friaco.onetel.net.uk [213.78.97.50]) by msgdirector4.onetel.net.uk (MOS 3.4.6-GR) with ESMTP id BOP46495; Sat, 8 May 2004 03:41:52 +0100 (BST) Received: from workstation1.local.mattsnetwork.co.uk (workstation1.local.mattsnetwork.co.uk [192.168.0.140]) i482fUx3041129; Sat, 8 May 2004 03:41:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk) From: Matt Dawson To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 03:41:22 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200405080341.29790.matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on central.local.mattsnetwork.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.70, clamav-milter version 0.70j cc: root@maxbaud.net Subject: RE: SMP on an old Proliant 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: Sat, 08 May 2004 02:42:05 -0000 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 root@maxbaud.net wrote: =A0 > Guess that means that it doesn't have ACPI :). =A0With SMP and apic enabl= ed, > I get the message: > > cpu0 on motherboard > > And, when I run mptable, it dumps out a MP v1.4 table (I can send details > if anyone has any ideas). =A0I have trudged through a ton of messages on = the > mailing list site, and have found some messages from people using similar > hardware (dual PPro 5500 boxen), none mention the failure to initialize > the other processors. =A0Anyone have any suggestions? =A0Or at least have= it > working? =A0It finds all the processors in the BIOS, mptable and Windoze2= k. Quirk of old Proliants ;o) Here's the skinny: When installing BSD on one of these, you MUST select either Unixware 2.x or= =20 Unixware 7 as the primary OS for the MPTable format to be recognized by the= =20 OS. If you are doing the SmartStart thing, select one of these from the lis= t=20 of OSes. If not, hit when the two beeps sound and set it in the "BIOS= "=20 by running through the hardware configuration, selecting change settings an= d=20 scrolling through the configuration. Make sure you have the latest RomPAQ=20 installed (IIRC this will be a 1999 date, but I could be wrong). Also, don't forget that you will only see 16MB of memory in the dmesg until= =20 you build a kernel with the options MAXMEM "(2048*1024)" (check the format = of=20 this - I now have a 6500 that doesn't need it) line in the kernel config fi= le=20 since Proliants of that era don't report the memory correctly, at least my= =20 old 5000 doesn't. =2D --=20 Matt Dawson. =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAnEjWAmT9uY8euiIRAtfDAJ9JrQUYPnysAORHCq+E+OuQtehvlACeK/ZP h9R6ppkoAn8moacbSO7Q9Vo=3D =3DaUcD =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----