From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 14:17:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C997B16A4BF for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail15.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B69343FE3 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:17:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 9629 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2003 21:17:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 26 Aug 2003 21:17:43 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7QLHf9s025520; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:17:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030826182938.5538.qmail@kimchee.ssr.com> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:18:07 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Scott Ballantyne cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Unpredictable problems with APIC renumbering X-BeenThere: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD SMP implementation group List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:17:46 -0000 On 26-Aug-2003 Scott Ballantyne wrote: > I havea 4.8-RELEASE-p3 kernel, with the SMP options turned on > (including hyperthreading). GA-7DPXDW-P (gigabyte) motherboard, 2 > Athlon 2400MP CPU's, 1G memory and an adaptec 2120S raid card. > > It's been working beautifully when it is up, no > problems. Fairly often, on boot or reboot, the kernel reports that it > is unable to reprogram intpin 2. I stupidly did not write down the > message, thinking it would be in the log file, but will do this the > next time it happens. I've appended the first part of the boot log > from a normal boot in case this is helpful. > > Is there a fix or work-a-round for this problem? It's not a problem you need to worry about and is common to many MP motherboards. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/