Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 09:09:05 -0600 (CST) From: ejon@colltech.com To: ken@plutotech.com (Kenneth D. Merry) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, ken@plutotech.com, ejon@colltech.com, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEC PW 6200 troubles - more info Message-ID: <199802151509.JAA19006@psasolar.psa.pencom.com> In-Reply-To: <199802142331.QAA20741@panzer.plutotech.com> from "Kenneth D. Merry" at "Feb 14, 98 04:31:14 pm"
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Ken, Well, I wanted to hold off replying to your suggestion until I'd checked for the 12th time, but now I'm sure: there is no such option. There's also no issue date for the BIOS either in ROM or on the download page, so I don't know if it's reasonable to expect an update any time soon. Does anyone have any other suggestions on where to go next? Eric Strange sunspot activity caused Kenneth D. Merry to write: > Mike Smith wrote... > > > You're using MP Spec version 1.1, not 1.4. From my own, and other > > > folks' experience, you probably need to enable MP Spec version 1.4 in your > > > BIOS in order for the SMP kernel to work. (This isn't always the case, but > > > with newer motherboards, it definitely seems to be...) > > > > > > So, go into your BIOS, find the option that lets you change the MP > > > Spec version, and change it to 1.4. Send mail back to the list and let us > > > know whether this fixes your problem.. > > > > And if your BIOS doesn't offer such an option? > > Most 440FX and 440LX machines that I've heard of have an option to > switch back and forth between 1.1 and 1.4. He has a Natoma chipset board, > so he most likely does have an option in his bios to switch to MP Spec > version 1.4. Neptune chipset boxes only do 1.1, IIRC, but they do work. > > So, I guess the "right" thing to say is that if you have an option > in your BIOS to enable MP Spec version 1.4, do it. If not, and your > machine doesn't work with an SMP kernel, there's probably some other problem. > > Ken > -- > Kenneth Merry > ken@plutotech.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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