From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Sep 24 1:13:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from host.phc.igs.net (host.phc.igs.net [216.58.103.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D7814D71 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 01:13:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eagle@phc.igs.net) Received: from ttyA0b.phc.igs.net (ttyA0b.phc.igs.net [216.58.103.41]) by host.phc.igs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA09049; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 04:23:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 04:13:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Rob Garrett To: Mike Smith Cc: smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patches to disable smi y2k interupts In-Reply-To: <199909240656.XAA01804@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org interesting, I'm using the 1010 version of the bios, on the asus, the problems are sio overflow and negative calcru errors. rob On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > phk, suggested that i ask here, where i could find such monstrosities, it > > appears that the smi interupt, is causing problems in two places. any ideas > > where to find the patch? > > Update your BIOS, don't futz with the intended operation of your system. > > (There's a known bug in at least the 1008 family of BIOS revisions > from ASUS that cause these symptoms. Poul appears to have missed the > notes that upgrading to 1010 fixes these.) > > -- > \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith > \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message