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Date:      Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:27:14 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Cc:        Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Subject:   Re: SMP kernel but no SMP detected on Tyan S2515
Message-ID:  <200511161127.15216.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <437ADCED.2030906@paradise.net.nz>
References:  <437ADCED.2030906@paradise.net.nz>

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On Wednesday 16 November 2005 02:17 am, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> This has me puzzled:
>
> I have a 2 cpu S2515 that has had SMP added to the kernel - however upon
> reboot the 2nd cpu is not detected (It is detected by the BIOS BTW). I
> see the following in the verbose dmesg:
>
> APIC: Could not find any APICs.
>
> I am guessing that it is turned off in the BIOS (???), if so, I've no
> idea where it is (AMIBIOS is my least favorite...).
>
> I have enclosed a verbose dmesg and my kernel differences from GENERIC
> plus the (non-existent) output from mptable.
>
>
> Any ideas appreciated.

You're going to need to fiddle with the BIOS until mptable(8) finds a valid MP 
Table.  The kernel relies on the MP Table to enumerate CPUs and route 
interrupts.  You can also try enabling ACPI if your machine supports ACPI.

-- 
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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