From owner-freebsd-emulation Sat Dec 4 8:49:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F41D614C9C for ; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 08:49:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (user-2iveadb.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.41.171]) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA00253; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 11:47:54 -0500 (EST) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA00581; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 11:47:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 11:47:51 -0500 From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, vsilyaev@mindspring.com Subject: Re: VMware on FreeBSD - crash with SMP systems? Message-ID: <19991204114750.D403@jupiter.delta.ny.us> References: <35306.944290734@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <35306.944290734@zippy.cdrom.com>; from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com on Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 10:58:54PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 10:58:54PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > I've been playing with Vladimir's excellent vmware compatibility stuff > under -current and have definitely noticed that it dies reliably on > SMP systems - I've talked with 2 others now who were able to run > vmware only when using a UP kernel, otherwise the error always is: > > *** VMware internal monitor error *** > > NullGate on IRQ. gate=0x68 > > Please report this problem via ... etc etc. > > I guess the one giant lock didn't save us after all, Vladimir! :-) Currently I don't have access to SMP box, so I only try to guess. Linux drivers have some dependents from SMP kernel, such as locking some data structure and so on (afaik Linux doesn't have Giant Kernel Lock). -- Vladimir Silyaev To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message