From owner-freebsd-smp Sun Aug 24 10:45:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA11527 for smp-outgoing; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 10:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lion.activ-consult.de (lion.activ-consult.de [194.221.76.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA11521 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 10:45:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dirk@localhost) by lion.activ-consult.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA29188; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:44:42 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19970824194441.52619@activ-consult.de> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:44:41 +0200 From: Dirk Froemberg To: Kenneth Merry Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP on a ASUS P65UP5?! References: <19970823211552.26652@activ-consult.de> <199708232212.QAA29763@pluto.plutotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.75 In-Reply-To: <199708232212.QAA29763@pluto.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth Merry on Sat, Aug 23, 1997 at 04:12:34PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Dirk Froemberg ACTIV-CONSULT GmbH Online Service Center Nordhauser Str. 30 10589 Berlin mailto:dirk.froemberg@activ-consult.de FON +49-30-34602-272 http://www.activ-consult.de/ FAX +49-30-34602-222 --------------------------------------------------------------