Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:44:41 +0200 From: Dirk Froemberg <dirk@activ-consult.de> To: Kenneth Merry <ken@plutotech.com> Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP on a ASUS P65UP5?! Message-ID: <19970824194441.52619@activ-consult.de> In-Reply-To: <199708232212.QAA29763@pluto.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth Merry on Sat, Aug 23, 1997 at 04:12:34PM -0600 References: <19970823211552.26652@activ-consult.de> <199708232212.QAA29763@pluto.plutotech.com>
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On Sat, Aug 23, 1997 at 04:12:34PM -0600, Kenneth Merry wrote:
> Dirk Froemberg wrote...
> > Has anybody run FreeBSD-SMP successfully on a ASUS P65UP5 with
> > C-P6ND (Dual Pentium Pro Card)?
>
> Yes, I've been running it on that motherboard since January. It
> has been very stable, IMO.
>
> > [...]
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Yes, you need to enable MP SPEC v1.4 in your BIOS. From looking at
> the mptable output, it looks like version 1.1 is enabled now. So try that,
> and see if it works.
Hi!
That's it! 8) Thanks for the hint.
I noticed one strange thing while installing 3.0-970823-SNAP. sysinstall
runs only with MP SPEC v1.1. Enabling MP SPEC v1.4 panics the machine
while installing some distributions (page fault).
Best regards Dirk
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