From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 18:39:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CC216A418 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:39:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F8613C49D for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:39:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so4785843pyb for ; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:38:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=UL7547PeGjeUwS8gu7c3SsBKtLJnyjDvDvG/IHNlYjs=; b=kHDqb+Ctwi/9A+OCj2ipFePM3fBz9HwhHOb5xQJGIfLbqk3Tqf4wjgkB5cSywrgtxsPhtTquVJYmY9Ap81GmpiTMOdhGogmLelT9p1qfMLdPT65Y/u2CRab4jWCmtqN3gi4SjdQy7LkjjoEHSPjDSjJfGaBaRR6oByQ897NBjVM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=W6pEU9Oiv1iUKgqERskDP8rJcyCKTntDx49y/cDQ20NFIcY8eTI12W1aA+Xuzw9sp3zPh9v9meHQQAgwCzhZd5xIX0cPXMuWI2AIDcqiS+JT5SEgfnfwgy0IbWM7vTRBQ/TQl30SZBlkO06KvRsJY3xtAK1Tpr/whWdXSM259Q0= Received: by 10.35.86.12 with SMTP id o12mr9204659pyl.1194460310005; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:31:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.35.76.2 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:31:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:31:49 +0000 From: "Rui Paulo" Sender: rpaulo@gmail.com To: "Scott Long" In-Reply-To: <4731F712.5000601@samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4A5A9C78-22AC-4480-BDEB-A72F6CF472DB@fnop.net> <20071104231422.GA82337@rink.nu> <472F5E62.4080406@samsco.org> <60C64C73-A019-4C01-85E1-80DF4C76B1AF@freebsd.org> <4731F712.5000601@samsco.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7c4b8f95959cb311 Cc: Rink Springer , freebsd-i386@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MacBook users: possible fix for the SMP problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:39:01 -0000 On Nov 7, 2007 5:34 PM, Scott Long wrote: > We can probably do a hack early on to see the PCI ID of the chipset. > If that's possible, then it can be turned on by default for that case. > The problem with tunbles like this is that they are inherently obscure, > especially for new users that are most likely to need them. Hmm. Well, I don't know about other systems requiring this fix. So, for something more simple I could check the smbios.system.product environment variable and turn the bit off on the MacBooks. I don't feel like this problem is specific to the ICH7 chipset. It seems more like a problem only specific to the MacBooks. What do you think? -- Rui Paulo