From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 12 13:14:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B68437B405; Mon, 12 May 2003 13:14:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dsl-217-155-122-94.zen.co.uk (dsl-217-155-122-94.zen.co.uk [217.155.122.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A742A43F85; Mon, 12 May 2003 13:14:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris.scott@uk.tiscali.com) Received: from [192.168.0.93] (helo=viper) by dsl-217-155-122-94.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19FJhB-0001P4-JT; Mon, 12 May 2003 21:14:49 +0100 Message-ID: <03a501c318c3$23d692a0$5d00a8c0@viper> From: "chris scott" To: "Danny Carroll" , , , References: <005901c318bc$23433070$e464a8c0@llama> Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 21:14:44 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Proliant on a 6500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 20:14:59 -0000 try bsd 5 the smp support is far better in that, in fact it was once of the major things that was overhauled, it may solve your problem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Carroll" To: ; ; Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 8:24 PM Subject: Re: Proliant on a 6500 > Sorry to reply to myself, but I wanted to expand this to -stable and add > some more info... > See the original post at the bottom of this msg. > > I just took the Smart 2/P and put it in slot1 (one of the shared Eisa/PCI > slots.) > > Now the Dmesg output shows the "SMP: AP CPU" lines in a different order... > > They were: > SMP: AP CPU# 3 Launched! > SMP: AP CPU# 1 Launched! > SMP: AP CPU# 2 Launched! > > now they are: > SMP: AP CPU# 1 Launched! > SMP: AP CPU# 2 Launched! > SMP: AP CPU# 3 Launched! > > I don't think this is a SMP problem, but rather a SMP/Smart2 combined > problem... > > Has anyone got FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE working on a Compaq Proliant 6500 with a > Smart2/p? > -D > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Danny Carroll" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:29 PM > Subject: Proliant on a 6500 > > > > Hiya all... > > > > I have a compaq proliant 6500 with 4 cpu's > > I am trying to install 4.8 on it (I got it installed but it's SMP that > does > > not work). > > > > The kernel seems to hang after the SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched. > > Actually it gets two lines extra (mounting root off the ida controller). > > > > Now, scrolllock and caps and everything still work, (I can even sroll back > > and read the text) but nothing else happens. > > > > I am about to wipe and choose UNIXWare 7 (I chose solaris last time) and > > we'll see what happens, but I was wondering if you have seen this problem > > before. > > > > One more thing... I only had the first two SMP settings in the kernel I > had > > none of that NCPU etc stuff,... Do I need it for 4.8? If so, how do I > find > > out how many interupts to set?? > > > > Any more tips?? > > > > Thanks... > > -D > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"