Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:14:22 +0100 From: Geoff Buckingham <Geoff.Buckingham@reuters.com> To: Anders Nordby <anders@FreeBSD.org>, Stefan Hauser <etienne@usr.ch> Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Compaq DL 360 SMP problem (was: i386/89545: Compaq DL 360 ACPI boot problem) Message-ID: <8753F8EA457BFF4A9707CADA143C8F6801C75A15@LONSMSXM04.emea.ime.reuters.com>
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I seem to recall later versions of the DL360 BIOS allow you to make limited changes without the smartstart EISA tools partition or CD. You can use dmidecode from ports to read a lot of useful information, including BIOS version from a running machine. (Also serial numbers, DIMM configuration, helpful for co-located machines) The FreeBSD Proliant page also has an online flash upgrade for the DL360 R1. I would suggest extreme caution in using this on a production machine, especially a remote one. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Anders Nordby Sent: 22 October 2006 21:26 To: Stefan Hauser Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq DL 360 SMP problem (was: i386/89545: Compaq DL 360 ACPI boot problem) Hi, On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:13:29PM +0200, Stefan Hauser wrote: >>> Yes, apic is enabled in the kernel that I run. ACPI is loaded as a=20 >>> kernel module. If I disable ACPI, FreeBSD also finds only one processor. > do you have apic enabled in the bios ? (btw, dont mix up apci and=20 > acpi) if yes, you should see APIC in the feature line of the cpu. > if it's not enabled, see=20 > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMP-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1 This is an older server. I have to boot it from a SmartStart CD to access the system configuration in it, and I couldn't enable the advanced mode to see whether or not APIC is enabled. But, after switching to another OS profile (Linux) there it seems that issue got fixed. After I did the change, I can see that the CPU has the feature APIC: CPU: Intel Pentium III (797.48-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x683 Stepping =3D 3 =20 Features=3D0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE, MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> Before that, it did not: CPU: Intel Pentium III (797.48-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x683 Stepping =3D 3 Features=3D0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,C MOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> PS: Sorry it took some time to check up on this. The server is in a co-location facility, and I don't go there often. PS2: On other Compaq/HP servers, I've had success setting APIC mode to "full table mapped". I just couldn't find that on this one, the system configuration does not give me any advanced options or mode. Cheers, -- Anders. _______________________________________________ freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-proliant-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" This email was sent to you by Reuters, the global news and information comp= any.=20 To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, exc= ept where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Lt= d.
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