Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:37:54 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Tony A. Emond" <tony@clevershark.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 SMP support Message-ID: <20051121213754.GA7696@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <7e16b3af0511191022l685b595eyacb797211198dbc5@mail.gmail.com> References: <7e16b3af0511191022l685b595eyacb797211198dbc5@mail.gmail.com>
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--5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 01:22:18PM -0500, Tony A. Emond wrote: > I've been unable to enable SMP while using a kernel that includes ACPI. >=20 > This is not a problem that occurs if ACPI is excluded from the kernel but > loaded as a module. >=20 > Therefore I'd like to propose that the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/SMP file ha= ve > a comment added to specify that the kernel should not be compiled with AC= PI > if SMP is to be enabled. No, it's not a general problem. You'll have to investigate your specific problem in more detail. Start by looking for a BIOS upgrade, since that will often fix ACPI problems caused by a buggy implementation on your hardware. Kris --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDgj4yWry0BWjoQKURAidaAJ9+jhDvEIJ+ZBiodzpRx6cdNJ76QQCgsd/a V9temNS9ZusZpGUb3JwOyF8= =Npnk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP--
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