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Date:      Wed, 6 May 1998 11:05:25 +0200 (SAT)
From:      John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>
To:        vanmaren@fast.cs.utah.edu (Kevin Van Maren)
Cc:        freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on Quad SMP
Message-ID:  <199805060905.LAA08683@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <199805060528.XAA03942@fast.cs.utah.edu> from Kevin Van Maren at "May 5, 98 11:28:16 pm"

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> I installed NT Server 4.0 today to see if it had any problems running.
> Workstation only found 2 processors, but server found and used all 4 CPUs.
> The BIOS did have 1.4 selected; mptable likes the BIOS set on 1.1 better,
> though.  I've included the latest output, although the SMP kernel
> still doesn't work.
> 
> ====
> mptable -verbose -dmesg
> 
...
> 
> MP Config Base Table Entries:
> 
> --
> Processors:     APIC ID Version State           Family  Model   Step    Flags
>                  0       0x11    BSP, usable     6       1       9       0xfbff
>                  1       0x11    AP, usable      6       1       9       0xfbff
>                  2       0x11    AP, usable      6       1       9       0xfbff
>                  3       0x11    AP, usable      6       1       9       0xfbff
...
> --
> I/O APICs:      APIC ID Version State           Address
>                  2       0x11    usable          0xfec00000
> 
...
> 
> Any feedback on what the problem is and/or what to do?
> I'd call AMI in a heartbeet if NT had failed, but it seemed to work.
> 

I think that is because of the APIC ID clash. Your third processor and
the I/O APIC have the same ID. According to the MP spec it is the job
of the operating system to make sure that there are no id clashes and
to change the id of the I/O APIC if it does clash. (section 3.6.6 in
the mp spec v1.4) So it is probably FreeBSD's job to move it.

John
-- 
John Hay -- John.Hay@mikom.csir.co.za

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