Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:36:29 -0800 From: Network Operations Center <noc@1command.com> To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Cc: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Subject: Re: SMP kernel but no SMP detected on Tyan S2515 Message-ID: <20051119153629.a1do15u7sw0o4kwg@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <437D7D1C.1090008@paradise.net.nz> References: <437ADCED.2030906@paradise.net.nz> <20051117021657.vgmrdp8ys0ogwg40@webmail.1command.com> <437CE8FF.7000509@paradise.net.nz> <437D7D1C.1090008@paradise.net.nz>
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Hello, Just for the sake of clarity, are you *now* able to run SMP on that board? As the BIOS('s) go, Tyan has two that I am aware of. The most recent one added suppport UDMS(2) 66 and faster/ wider SCSI, among other things. It would probably be a good investment to re-locate your previous (un-working) BIOS back into the motherboard and flash it (up) to the newer version. Might fix what ails it. Also there is a project on SourceForge (recently updated and ruined - SourceForge, that is) that allows you to edit/ enhance/ repair your BIOS. I've used it quite a bit and I have found it very useful. Best wishes. Quoting Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>: > Mark Kirkwood wrote: >> Network Operations Center wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I'm burried in work at the momment - part of which is getting caught up on >>> mail. But I couldn't help but notice your eMail. As I am also running Tyan >>> S2515's *and* S2518's happily on (SMP)freeBSD. I thought I'd sneek >>> a peek at >>> your eMail. I haven't got the time at this momment. But I will >>> share my KERNCONF >>> and anything else that comes to mind with you tommorrow >>> (technically, a little >>> later today). Till then, best wishes to ya. >>> >>> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Yeah, its got me puzzled - am running 6.0-RELEASE SMP happily on a >> S2510... I am suspicious of the cpus themselves (see prev mail in >> thread). I have a pair of properly matched 800's that I will swap in >> later today and see if they change anything. >> >> > > Its not the cpus - the 800s exhibit the same behavior (no mptable). > > However swapping out the BIOS from a another (faulty) board *did* fix > the problem - the original BIOS was a bit of a strange one - had > settings for booting off USB harddrives... (hmm - disabled APICs to make > USB work maybe...). > > Anyway, thanks for your help! > > Mark > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-smp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-smp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-smp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using the H.R. Communications Corp., Webmail Internet Messaging System. ----------------------------------------------------------------
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