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Date:      Sat, 30 Nov 1996 15:31:10 -0700
From:      Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To:        "J.M. Chuang" <smp@bluenose.na.tuns.ca>
Cc:        smp@freebsd.org, Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com>
Subject:   Re: New smp kernel 
Message-ID:  <199611302231.PAA08844@clem.systemsix.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 18:08:32 -0400." <199611302208.SAA05140@bluenose.na.tuns.ca> 

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Hi,

> With today's init_main.c, the system still hangs if the boot-device
> is IDE. I believe that there is a conflict between the kernel and 
> APIC stuff (built in ID controller in Tomcat and Tyan Titan).

this is good news!  So I think we may be past the general "system hang"
problem.  Is there ANYONE out there that still has this problem after
applying todays (96-11-30) kern/init_main.c? SPEAK UP NOW!!!

---
> I managed to get a SCSI HD with Adaptic 2940A controller this morning.
> With the same smp kernel, the system booted up from SCSI HD without any
> problem and the system recognizes the IDE drive which can be accessed (mount).
> The only glitches with the current smp-kernel are the coredumps showed up once in a while 
> when I compile the kernel. It is a kind of strang that after the coredump
> if I keep on typing `make', the compilation of the kernel can be
> finished. Is is due to the syncronization (??) problem of two CPU's?

It is believed that its caused by our failure to do tlb flushing during page
stealing. Peter's working on an implementation of IPI's to trigger tlb flushes,
which should fix that problem.

Jim, thanx again for your patience and help,
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