Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:52:51 +0900 From: IWAIZAKO Takahiro <rabit@FreeBit.NET> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP on Compaq Proliant ML530 Message-ID: <200008180852.AA01142@hermite.FreeBit.NET> In-Reply-To: <200008160634.XAA18007@mass.osd.bsdi.com> References: <200008160634.XAA18007@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: >> > > MP Config Extended Table Entries: >> > > >> > > Extended Table HOSED! >> > >> > This is a bit ugly, but you may be able to improve things by switching OS >> > modes in 'advanced' mode in the ECU. Hit Alt-A at the first setup screen >> > once you've booted SmartStart and see whether tweaking anything there >> > helps. The system will work OK like this though. >> > >> >> I played with that a bit before posting. If I tell it I'm using Windows NT, >> my SCSI devices seem to disappear. If I tell it I'm using NetWare, I can >> only see the first PCI bus. Telling it I'm running RedHat Linux is the only >> way I got this far. There are a few more obscure OS choices there (who still >> uses Banyan Vines, especially on a server this size?) that I'll keep trying. > >Make sure you're in the secret "advanced" mode, and you get a lot more >choices. Linux has basically the same expectations about the APIC >layout, so it should be a good choice. As was medntioned, Unixware 7 is >also a good one. Hi Mike, I'm trying Compaq DL360. I have same problem. About APIC configuration in the SCU, both fulltable and fulltable map does not work. (Linux is fulltable map. Unixware 7 is fulltable.) This is already reported in PR 19338. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=19338 --- rabit@FreeBit.NET To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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