Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:05:00 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP kernel but no SMP detected on Tyan S2515 Message-ID: <437D7D1C.1090008@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <437CE8FF.7000509@paradise.net.nz> References: <437ADCED.2030906@paradise.net.nz> <20051117021657.vgmrdp8ys0ogwg40@webmail.1command.com> <437CE8FF.7000509@paradise.net.nz>
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Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Network Operations Center wrote: > >> Hello, >> I'm burried in work at the momment - part of which is getting caught >> up on >> mail. But I couldn't help but notice your eMail. As I am also running >> Tyan >> S2515's *and* S2518's happily on (SMP)freeBSD. I thought I'd sneek a >> peek at >> your eMail. I haven't got the time at this momment. But I will share >> my KERNCONF >> and anything else that comes to mind with you tommorrow (technically, >> a little >> later today). Till then, best wishes to ya. >> >> > > Thanks, > > Yeah, its got me puzzled - am running 6.0-RELEASE SMP happily on a > S2510... I am suspicious of the cpus themselves (see prev mail in > thread). I have a pair of properly matched 800's that I will swap in > later today and see if they change anything. > > Its not the cpus - the 800s exhibit the same behavior (no mptable). However swapping out the BIOS from a another (faulty) board *did* fix the problem - the original BIOS was a bit of a strange one - had settings for booting off USB harddrives... (hmm - disabled APICs to make USB work maybe...). Anyway, thanks for your help! Mark
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