Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 13:38:55 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: "Viren R. Shah" <viren@rstcorp.com> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mptable output: what does this indicate? ( Compaq ProLiant 2000 ) Message-ID: <199804070539.NAA25859@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Apr 1998 20:50:42 -0400." <199804070050.UAA05045@rstcorp.com>
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"Viren R. Shah" wrote:
>
> The system is a Compaq ProLiant 2000 w/ dual P66, running a 2.2.6
> system with a -current kernel.
>
> The mptable output is:
> ---------------------------
> bandersnatch# ./mptable -dmesg -grope -verbose
>
> =============================================================================
==
>
> MPTable, version 2.0.15
>
> looking for EBDA pointer @ 0x040e, found, searching EBDA @ 0x0009fc00
> searching CMOS 'top of mem' @ 0x0009f800 (638K)
> searching default 'top of mem' @ 0x0009fc00 (639K)
> searching BIOS @ 0x000f0000
> searching extended BIOS @ 0x000e0000
> groping memory @ 0x00080000
> groping memory @ 0x00090000
>
> MP FPS NOT found,
> suggest trying -grope option!!!
>
> ---------------------------
>
> I figure this does not bode well for running SMP on this machine. Is
> there anything else I can try?
I hate to say it, but if it's missing the mpspec tables then it's most
likely to be missing the rest of the mpspec (apic) hardware. I'd bet that
your machine is based on the Corollary SMP design or something like that.
There's very little chance that FreeBSD will ever support that.
Sorry..
(You might get the SCO MPX stuff to run since that works with C-bus etc)
> Thanks
> Viren
> --
> Viren R. Shah, {viren @ rstcorp . com}
> "Haajar te hathiyar"
Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Netplex Consulting
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