From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 20 13:12:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [63.67.141.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7EFF14A28 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 13:12:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA03193; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 16:12:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 16:12:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Jason Craig Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: Compile new kernel with MCA support In-Reply-To: <00b701bf338a$06d096a0$d3b17018@wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Jason Craig wrote: > Here's what I see when I boot with the kernel I compiled a few days ago: Humm... I see where the problem is. I'd like you to compile a kernel without SMP support but with MCA support. Add: controller mca0 I'm working on the SMP angle. > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 4.0-19991113-CURRENT #0: Fri Nov 19 08:00:49 GMT 1999 > > root@cr717730-d.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/KERNEL.1119199 > 9 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: Pentium/P54C (89.96-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x525 Stepping = 5 > Features=0x3bf > real memory = 67108864 (65536K bytes) > avail memory = 62033920 (60580K bytes) > panic: unknown bus type: 'MCA' > mp_lock = 00000004; cpuid = 0; lapic.id = 00000000 > > Boom... Locked up. > > When I created the custom kernel config for this machine I did removed > devices that were not present in my system (as usual), and enabled SMP. > > # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed > options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel > options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O > # Optionally these may need tweaked, (defaults shown): > options NCPU=2 # number of CPUs > #options NBUS=4 # number of busses > #options NAPIC=1 # number of IO APICs > #options NINTR=24 # number of INTs > > A little lower I noticed that there were no entries for MCA, should there be > one? > > controller isa0 > controller pnp0 # PnP support for ISA > controller eisa0 > controller pci0 > > Thans in advance, > > Jason > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matthew N. Dodd > To: Jason Craig > Cc: > Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 8:56 PM > Subject: Re: Compile new kernel with MCA support > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Jason Craig wrote: > > > I have a few FreeBSD machines that I am playing around with now, and > > > have come across a nice old IBM PC Server 320 with dual P90 processors > > > and 64MB of RAM i would also like to utilize. > > > > > > I am currently using 4.0-19991113-CURRENT generic kernel, and things are > > > working great. > > > > > > However, I tried to compile a custom kernel to weed out any unwanted > > > devices, and to enable SMP and have have run into a problem. After > > > compiling the kernel using the standard procedure, I rebooted it, and > > > it panic'd after doing the kernel config. > > > > > > I tried removing most of the entries from /boot/kernel.conf, only to > > > find it still panics saying something about the MCA bus. > > > > Using the serial console, capture the boot messages and attach them to the > > reply to this message. > > > > -- > > | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | > > | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | > > | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message