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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:48:00 +0200
From:      Christophe Prevotaux <c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr>
To:        "Lawrence Farr" <freebsd-smp@epcdirect.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP --> NORMAL KERNEL on a dual proc machine [HELP]
Message-ID:  <20020724174800.30c3cd31.c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr>
In-Reply-To: <000a01c23328$e14d4080$c806a8c0@lfarr>
References:  <20020724170826.56abc9ec.c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr> <000a01c23328$e14d4080$c806a8c0@lfarr>

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uhmm ok however I have no PCI RIDER 
and the board are brand new in fact I have 2 exact same 
machines (exact same down to the last component) and both
have the same problems.

I seriously doubt I have 2 defective machines


On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:43:39 +0100
"Lawrence Farr" <freebsd-smp@epcdirect.co.uk> wrote:

> I've had a similar problem with a damaged PCI riser, and also
> quite similar problems when using make -j whatever.
> 
> Lawrence Farr
> EPC Direct Limited 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG 
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of 
> > Christophe Prevotaux
> > Sent: 24 July 2002 16:08
> > To: smp@freebsd.org
> > Subject: SMP --> NORMAL KERNEL on a dual proc machine [HELP]
> > 
> > 
> > Hello
> > 
> > I am running :
> > 
> > FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE-p2 (SMP)
> > 
> > on a 
> > 
> > 
> > ASUS CUV4X-DLS Dual Processors motherboard (With 2 processors)
> > which had a onboard 'fxp' network card
> > 
> > in my PCI slots I have :
> > 
> > 1 ATM adapter Forerunner PCA200E-SMF 155Mbps 
> > 1 DLINK 500SX Gigabit Ethernet adapter
> > 
> > 
> > With this configuration I have several problems some of which 
> > may or may not be SMP related but I can't really tell so I need your
> > help.
> > 
> > 
> > 1) the "lge" driver hangs sometimes for unknown reason
> > 2) the "hfa" driver will do the same(and interested people
> > can looks at the atm@freebsd.org mailing list for details I 
> > have posted)
> > 
> > 
> > 3) In order to see if these problem where SMP related I 
> > proceeded to switch
> > my KERNEL to non SMP 
> > 
> >   a) After recompiling my KERNEL to non SMP (standard kernel) 
> > my 2 PCI based 
> >      network card (lge0) and (hfa0) refused to work , they 
> > are detected at boot
> >      time , and get configured properly , but no network 
> > traffic goes thru (apart
> >      from pinging the IP of the interface itself.
> > 
> >    b) when recompiling in SMP kernel mode , everything works as before
> > 
> >    c) when recompiling in NON SMP KERNEL mode and removing a 
> > processor physically
> >       (replacing it with the needed tab (terminator)) it 
> > won't work just as in point (a)
> > 
> > 
> > I am at a loss , I do not understand what is going on, I 
> > can't believe anything else than the
> > kernel (and maybe modules) need to be recompiled in order to 
> > work properly. 
> > 
> > What should I do ?  
> > 
> > 
> > 
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