From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 28 18:00:22 2005 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 110A816A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:00:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C926243D39 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:00:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j2SHx2JB005916; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:59:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j2SHx2B5005915; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:59:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:59:02 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: cokane@cokane.org Message-ID: <20050328175902.GB2398@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200502102038.41536.nb_root@videotron.ca> <346a8022050211071268dc6fa4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <346a8022050211071268dc6fa4@mail.gmail.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About the cursed Compaq R3000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:00:22 -0000 On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 10:12:51AM -0500, Coleman Kane wrote: > I think you will also need to apply the skip_timer_override patch, > available here: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2005-January/003320.html > You will want to set the sysctl in loader.conf > > There's also a cradbus (PCI) patch, in addition. > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2005-January/003365.html > > There is another sysctl+patch that you will need to get as well. This > one is for the APIC: > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-amd64/2005-January/003376.html > > You'll also want to set hw.apic.skip_set_extint=1 in loader.conf as > well to activate this one. I think both of these will enable the timer > to actually work in freebsd. All of this this should be in 5.3-STABLE (ie, RELENG_5). Are you finding that some of it isn't? We really need some Compaq R3000 testers for the 5.4-BETA snapshots. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)