From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 01:57:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98EE116A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:57:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxsf25.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf25.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09ED543D1D for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:57:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jwest@classiccmp.org) Received: from mxip17.cluster1.charter.net (mxip17a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.147])i8M1vNsf001946 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:57:23 -0400 Received: from overland10k.mo24.107.24.220.charter-stl.com (HELO HPLAPTOP) (24.107.24.220) by mxip17.cluster1.charter.net with SMTP; 21 Sep 2004 21:57:24 -0400 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.84,170,1091419200"; d="scan'217,208"; a="329020984:sNHT19348972" Message-ID: <000601c4a047$8243f370$6400a8c0@HPLAPTOP> From: "Jay West" To: Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:57:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Dual AMD64, APCI woes, 5.2.1-Rel, Help! X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:57:25 -0000 I'm trying to get another FreeBSD system up at our office for a mission = critical app. Unfortunately if I can't figure this problem out, FreeBSD = will be tossed and Linux used instead and I really don't want that. = We've always been a FreeBSD/i386 house, this is our first foray into = Opteron. Here's the particulars.... Rhapsody HDAMA-F mainboard Dual bge 10/100/1000 nics 8gb ram dual Opteron 2.0ghz cpus LSI megaraid amr 320-2X raid controller w/128mb cache Four ultra-320 15Krpm scsi drives, 35gb each The drives are set up raid 10. A striped set of 70gb, then a 70gb = mirror. I'm using the amd64 ISO for 5.2.1-Release My problem seems to center around APCI. If I disable APCI in the bios = and boot off the install CD and select the boot without APCI, the system = comes up and installs just fine. However, it seems to only recognize one = cpu. At least, the sysctl variables I looked at appeared to indicate = just one cpu and the top display didn't have a cpu column. If I leave APCI enabled, the system boots off the cd fine but when the = installed starts to probe the devices, it gets stuck just after the line = for the CD drive (acd0). I am pretty certain that that is exactly the = point where it's probing the scsi drives, because if APCI is turned off = - right after the acd0 probe is where geom starts and the disk is = recognized. The lsi controller is definitely recognized ok further up in = the probe display. I'd just disable APCI to get around this, but if FreeBSD will only use = one cpu.... management will switch to Suse (which purportedly runs this = configuration perfectly) and I'd really like to stay FreeBSD. Normally = I'd just love to dive into the new and unknown (to me) opteron/5.X/APCI = stuff. But I'm completely out of time on this project to get the machine = up. Could anyone possibly offer me some quick pointers or help on this? = I've googled lots and so far not come up with anything concrete, other = than "disable APCI" which seems to leave me with just one cpu. Please cc replies to jwest@classiccmp.org as I'm not on this list. Regards, Jay West