From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Feb 3 09:17:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA08827 for smp-outgoing; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 09:17:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from star.cirrus.com (star.cirrus.com [141.131.7.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA08822 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 09:17:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ss563.corp.cirrus.com (ss563.corp.cirrus.com [141.131.8.55]) by star.cirrus.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA02665 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 09:17:41 -0800 Received: from elbert.colorado.cirrus.com (elbert.colorado.cirrus.com [198.90.142.11]) by ss563.corp.cirrus.com with ESMTP id JAA18135 (8.7.5/IDA-1.6 for ); Mon, 3 Feb 1997 09:17:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from longs.colorado.cirrus.com (longs.colorado.cirrus.com [198.90.139.11]) by elbert.colorado.cirrus.com with SMTP id KAA07171 (8.6.12/IDA-1.6 for ); Mon, 3 Feb 1997 10:17:50 -0700 Received: by longs.colorado.cirrus.com (4.1-Colorado/2.00) id AA14919; Mon, 3 Feb 97 10:17:50 MST Date: Mon, 3 Feb 97 10:17:50 MST From: clintw@colorado.cirrus.com (Clint Wolff) Message-Id: <9702031717.AA14919@longs.colorado.cirrus.com> To: smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan Tomcat II SMP video problems Sender: owner-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > If this fixes Andreas's board (I suspect it will), we have a genuine rogue > on our hands. The MP spec says that the 8254 timer may be left off the > APIC (forcing you to do mixed mode programming with BOTH 8254s and the > IO APIC). But the mp table MUST reflect this fact, which the tomcat II > is FAILING to do. I will speak more on this once I get results back from > Andreas or another tomcat II owner. > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | FreeBSD > I have access to three tomcat II machines, but all are running Win 95. Will the mptable program run under Win 95 or DOS? If so, I will collect data from them and post the back to you. clint