Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:32:42 -0700 From: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.berkeley.edu> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Nacona Xeons Message-ID: <20050912203242.GA53403@malcolm.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <4324697A.40301@samsco.org> References: <BF49AB3E.1D52%webmaster@machowto.com> <43245C91.1090904@comcast.net> <4324697A.40301@samsco.org>
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On Sep 11, "Scott Long" wrote: > Sean wrote: > >David S. Besade wrote: > >>I have a Dual Xeon (With EM64T) system running FreeBSD 5.4 AMD64 - > >>Release (with a -stable kernel). I can't get the kernel to see my > >>second CPU. I have recompiled and retuned and done everything I could > >>to get it to see the second CPU. The guys on IRC (##Freebsd on > >>freenode) told me to post this to this list. > >>I do have the ACPI disabled as it doesn't work right yet. The > >>Motherboard is a Tyan S5350 ( > >>http://tyan.com/products/html/tigeri7320.html ) running with 2 Dual > >>Nacona Core Xeons. I had the datacenter check the BIOS and everything > >>is as it should be. I have Registered ECC RAM on it as well. > >>Both CPU's were recogized by Centos 4.1 X86-64, however I prefer FBSD > >>to anything Linux. So if you guys could help me out I would appreciate > >>it. I think I have given you all the relevant information I Hope but > >>if not just ask me I will get it. > >You said you did a kernel recompile, so did you include > >'device acpi' > > ^^^^ > You need 'device apic' here also. There is a difference between 'acpi' > and 'apic. For SMP amd64 machines, you should have both. Simply put, > the apic is what allows the first CPU to start up the other CPUs during > boot. I thought apic was "built in" to amd64...? http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041208074109.GB35079
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