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Date:      Sat, 16 May 1998 13:09:35 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
To:        kpielorz@tdx.co.uk (Karl Pielorz)
Cc:        smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 8254 APIC broken? with P6DNF
Message-ID:  <199805161809.NAA01998@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <355BFAC4.B61E7CA0@tdx.co.uk> from Karl Pielorz at "May 15, 98 09:20:20 am"

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> I've got 3.0-CURRENT running on a dual p-pro SuperMicro P6DNF motherboard,
> the system works fine, but when it comes up the kernel says:
> 
> "
> 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
> "
> 
> I can understand what this means (I think ;-) - And I would guess theres no
> way of 'fixing' it, apart from the workaround the system's installed, but
> should I be worried about it?
> 
> Everything seems to work fine... I'd guess at the end of the day it might be
> a performance degrading workaround? - But so long as it works ;-)
> 
I can tell you that I use both a P6DNF and an Intel Providence MB, and
am very happy with both (even though the DNF does have a "personality.")

John

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