From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 23 18:16:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0DD216A408 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:16:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F32813C484 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:16:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so1713916wra for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:16:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=PBuQ7hKGFY1ZuYa2sM7j8g9zOS8USKWe4HpxjMuHDZAf3QoIVp0PqcoY36VvOt0lsmJVv2uEpnNu8J5+UoPfejLORHskp9UciLc8Dxl8OI36Eldqrg/DdXG8tFXLjgHzX6JsVqs6uPaQy5aDPf6IR0+KTyN5JdeZFhcfQEB7org= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=efHGuOXDkqEv2lMfX5JBK6fYPypSIDw27fXUFRTrsBZ00o0siWbTTk38MyLAPh9Iqq/7yN9ewSdyvHcmUAQSGkOSXSzt3DJ4ajbhB48QQAtwhQIRrg/fhk/jkB6PRqDsgfCSvNI0GZxp4Rzv57qelPh3WNaRKUFV62yFTbdkq1U= Received: by 10.67.15.15 with SMTP id s15mr5325918ugi.1177352199232; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:16:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monju-bosatsu.dreamtrack.dnsalias.com ( [86.18.88.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id k1sm30771ugf.2007.04.23.11.16.37; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:16:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <462CF804.8010405@crackmonkey.us> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:16:36 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam J Richardson Subject: Re: SMP only detects one CPU - help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fatman@nospam.crackmonkey.nospam.us List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:16:41 -0000 > Message: 11 Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:58:32 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger Subject: Re: SMP only detects one CPU - help? To: fatman@nospam.crackmonkey.nospam.us Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <3ADB2E8D-32FE-432E-922F-D38C62B63F42@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Apr 20, 2007, at 9:14 AM, Adam J Richardson wrote: >> > Finally, mptable shows what's really going on: >> > "MP Config Base Table Entries: >> > -- >> > Processors: APIC ID Version State Family Model Step Flags >> > 3 0x11 BSP, usable 6 8 3 0x387fbff >> > 0 0x11 AP, unusable 6 8 3 0x387fbff" >> > >> > Apparently the "application processor" is "unusable", whatever that >> > means. I am now stuck. >> > >> > Is there a software fix for this, or do I have a broken CPU, >> > unlikely as it seems? Any help is appreciated. >> > >> > Does it seem likely that upgrading both CPUs to the highest Pentium- >> > IIIs I can find, which I was thinking about doing anyway, would fix >> > the problem? > > It's more likely that updating the system BIOS and trying to tweak > any settings related to SMP or ACPI might help. You might also try > enabling or toggling the "PnP OS installed", to avoid having the BIOS > configure stuff it doesn't need to boot, and leaving FreeBSD to > assign IRQs itself... > > If that doesn't help, I believe there's a freebsd-acpi list which > contain people who can look at the dump of your BIOS and fix the > broken IRQ assignments it is doing. > > -- -Chuck Thanks Chuck. I'll give these suggestions a try and post feedback when I'm done. Might not be for two weeks though, as I'm just about to go on a trip to the US. :) Regards, Adam J Richardson