From owner-freebsd-smp Wed Dec 6 12:27:20 2000 From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 12:27:18 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-176-64.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.176.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A666837B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:27:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB6KaDF52151; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:36:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200012062036.eB6KaDF52151@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM 7100 Server with Dual Xeon's ... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 06 Dec 2000 13:47:16 -0400." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 12:36:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Try the patch that Peter just posted for the Compaq DL360. I think your box has the same problem. > I've been trying to get FreeBSD to go SMP on this box for ages now > ... since *BSD isn't supported by IBM, I got one of our linux guys over > here to help me out ... we created an SMP boot floppy, to see if we'd get > a hang using it, and we didn't *but*, it did give us a warning: > > WARNING: MP table in the EBDA can be UNSAFE > > does this mean anything to anyone? > > As part of the Linux boot sequence, it also told us: > > Intel MultiProcessor Specifications v1.4 > VirtualWire Compatibility mode. > > if that also means anything? > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message > -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message