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Date:      Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:50:28 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 8 CPU SMP attempt
Message-ID:  <15135.56068.265334.399553@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010607215149.A1381@freebie.demon.nl>
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Wilko Bulte writes:
 > 
 > Possible. I cannot really try as the smallest config would be a single
 > CPU board housing 2 CPUs. Or do we honor the maxcpus (or whatever it
 > is called..) SRM variable?

"whatever its called" works, at least on Matt's 4100, so you could see if a
dual or single processor config boots.  I think its just a bitmask of
available CPUs on most (all?) platforms.

 > > I don't suppose you could map the pc to a file and line number in the
 > > kernel.debug?  (gdb kernel.debug .... (gdb) l *0xfffffc0000491ae4)
 > 
 > I'll have to move the disk back to the dual CPU DS20 on which the same
 > GENERIC booted OK. But that can be done (tnx to the StorageWorks SBB
 > that houses the disk ;)
 > 
 > > A stack trace might be useful too...
 > 
 > I know... But I need to find the time work work this thing between normal
 > work :) Next week we will start moving our complete machine room to another
 > building so that probably also won't help.
 > 

Getting a stack trace shouldn't be all that hard -- just type 'tr'
after it crashes.

Drew

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