From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 04:30:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30D81106566B for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:30:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from sola.nimnet.asn.au (paqi.nimnet.asn.au [115.70.110.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96FC88FC0A for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:30:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sola.nimnet.asn.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nBL4TsXc066264; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:29:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:29:54 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Torfinn Ingolfsen In-Reply-To: <20091220215943.5c6cbdcb.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Message-ID: <20091221145238.P28370@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20091220215943.5c6cbdcb.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD 8.-0 think that my Dell SX260 have "non-unform processors"? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:30:02 -0000 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hi, > I just booted my Dell OptiPlex SX260[1] from a usb memory stick with > FreeBSD 8.0-release on it. Part of the dmesg output is: > Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 > root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz (1295.21-MHz 686-class CPU) Why is it booting up at half speed? Same in your 7.2-STABLE dmesg. Something set that way in BIOS? What does 'sysctl dev.cpu' say? > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 > Features=0xbfebfbff > Features2=0x4400 > real memory = 2147483648 (2048 MB) > avail memory = 2085347328 (1988 MB) > ACPI APIC Table: > WARNING: Non-uniform processors. > WARNING: Using suboptimal topology. > ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1 > ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard > kbd1 at kbdmux0 > > Full demsg output on the FreeBSD page[2] for this machine. Only spotted a verbose dmesg for 7.2-STABLE there, not for 8.0? > Why does FreeBSD think that this machine has "non-unform processors? > Ok, the Pentium 4 in it can proably do hyperthreading, but that isn't > much to talk about. I suppose you have HTT disabled in BIOS? > What excatly is non-unform here? I don't know, but suspect the detected half CPU speed may be a clue? > References: > 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/sx260 > 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/sx260_freebsd > -- > Regards, > Torfinn Ingolfsen cheers, Ian