From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 27 15:31:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from klima.physik.uni-mainz.de (klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EC7837B718 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:31:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de) Received: from klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE (klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.162]) by klima.physik.uni-mainz.de (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2RNVki55290; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 01:31:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 01:31:46 +0200 (CEST) From: "Hartmann, O." To: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" Cc: David Malone , Subject: Re: Overheated PIII in SMP system In-Reply-To: <20010328005952.D51215@mail.webmonster.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote: Both CPUs seems to be of the same stepping: MP Config Base Table Entries: -- Processors: APIC ID Version State Family Model Step Flags 1 0x11 BSP, usable 6 7 3 0x387fbff 0 0x11 AP, usable 6 7 3 0x387fbff -- :>David Malone(dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie)@2001.03.27/23:12:29(epoch+985731149s): :>> I have a feeling that the idle loop for the processor may not use :>> the halt instruction under some SMP conditions. This might explain :>> the heating, but I've never looked hard to figure out the exact :>> reason for this, or weither it is a full explaniation. :>even worse, the idle loop is executed differently depending on the cpu :>stepping. you can "feel" it when you run beos5 pro on a dual p-iii with :>stepping 5 cpus. they get hot like hell. when you use stepping 6 cpus :>everything is fine. :> :>/k :> :>-- :>> If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above :>> ask your parents or an adult to help you. :>KR433/KR11-RIPE -- http://www.webmonster.de -- ftp://ftp.webmonster.de :> :> -- MfG O. Hartmann ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de ---------------------------------------------------------------- IT-Administration des Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Becherweg 21 55099 Mainz Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal) Tel: +496131/3924144 FAX: +496131/3923532 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message