From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 22 03:16:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90DD316A41C for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:16:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dean@bong.com.au) Received: from aramaki.bong.com.au (aramaki.bong.com.au [203.91.232.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EE4E43D49 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:16:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dean@bong.com.au) Received: from dsl-220-253-77-94.nsw.netspace.net.au ([220.253.77.94] helo=[192.168.1.41]) by aramaki.bong.com.au with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DkvjR-0006ai-D0; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:16:54 +1000 Message-ID: <42B8D7CA.2050707@bong.com.au> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:15:22 +1000 From: Dean Hamstead User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050401) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Samuel Clements , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <42A26083.9090805@bong.com.au> <42A8C9FB.1010603@linkline.com> In-Reply-To: <42A8C9FB.1010603@linkline.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "aramaki.bong.com.au", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see staff@bong.com.au for details. Content preview: [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Spam-Scanned-By: aramaki.bong.com.au X-Scan-Signature: 779722f75ef912905aa06c2afa823c6b Cc: Subject: Re: freebsd on sgi 1200 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:16:23 -0000 the intel updates wouldnt go on for some reason, but i downloaded the updates (slightly older) from sgi and the problem is resolved. it was aok after the first update (FRU or something) - the bios was the same version. not entirely sure what the two others were. but hey, problem solved. freebsd now lives happily. Dean Samuel Clements wrote: > Dean Hamstead wrote: > >> just a quicky >> >> installing freebsd on some nice sgi 1200s >> they are 2ru machines ,dual p3 800, mylex scsi raid >> intel mainboard >> >> freebsd works a treat, except the motherboard >> has the strangest quirk that only on cold boots >> does it detect both cpu's. warm reboots cause it >> to disable the second cpu and thus freebsd doesnt >> pick up the second cpu (annoying) >> >> the same bug is present in all three machines i have >> im hoping i can just force freebsd to use two cpus >> >> oh, i rebuilt the kernel etc, and from a cold boot >> the mboard picks up both cpu's and so does freebsd >> and they both work nicely. > > > > Good ole Intel hardware! Gotta love it. You'll want to make sure you're > running the latest production BIOS from Intel (of course, use at your > own risk!) available at: > http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=311&OSFullName=OS+Independent&lang=eng&strOSs=38&submit=Go%21 > > > Grab P14 of the BIOS and 59 of the BMC and give those a go. Also dont > forget the current bios for the Mylex cards. It can be kind of a bear to > find, but still important. What you're seeing is probably the result of > the FRB timer disabling the 2nd CPU on warm boot. On a machine of this > age, that tends to be a problem with flakey RAM, etc... > Good luck! I have one of these motherboards, and it runs very well! > -Sam > > PS - Also check the MPS spec - It should be 1.4, not 1.1 > > -- WWW: http://dean.bong.com.au LAN: http://www.bong.com.au EMAIL: dean@bong.com.au or djzort@bong.com.au ICQ: 16867613