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Date:      Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:20:36 -0800
From:      Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 9.0-RC1 crash on G5 (late 2005)
Message-ID:  <20111114212036.daf02011.stas@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAHSQbTBixODkDo94GRcUeG9LRDuKew5=uNAJ%2BcHDp=DJ7aBW_g@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CAHSQbTBdgOJ4L7-6oX1F7-C=gOKb0Yi2hC9JVJgm5vVycxjQXQ@mail.gmail.com> <4EAA052D.5010106@freebsd.org> <20111030230008.68c63841@narn.knownspace> <CAHSQbTBixODkDo94GRcUeG9LRDuKew5=uNAJ%2BcHDp=DJ7aBW_g@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:35:58 -0400
Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> mentioned:
> 
> 
> For a test, I installed Linux (debian testing, kernel 3.0.0), and it BUG'd
> with an error "soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 23s!".  This may be similar to
> what's going on with FreeBSD.  Is there a way to disable SMP at bootup, so
> that it doesn't use the second core (man pages aren't helping)?

I believe setting kern.smp.disabled=1 in /boot/loader.conf or at the loader
prompt should do the trick.

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Stanislav Sedov
ST4096-RIPE

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