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Date:      Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:21:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.org, freebsd <freebsd@bugtracker.compusa.com>
Subject:   Re: problems with smp on compaq 1600
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010117112116.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200101171929.f0HJTag01025@mass.osd.bsdi.com>

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On 17-Jan-01 Mike Smith wrote:
>> 
>> > btw what does this mean? Extended Table HOSED!
> 
> It probably means that your APIC table has the traditional off-by-one 
> Compaq error.  Note that your situation also looks like the traditional 
> "no clock interrupts" hang.
> 
>> Ok, after comparing the two tables, it looks like you have interrupts on
>> pins
>> higher than 23, which might be the problem.  Peter, does -current support 32
>> APIC ints now?  If so, you could try installing a current snapshot as a test
>> to
>> see if it works.  If it does, then 5.0 will run in Full mode fine, but 4.x
>> will
>> need the mapped mode.
> 
> Actually, either mode *should* work with 4.x, since we pack intpins down 
> based on their usage, not their pin number (Tor fixed this a while back). 
> I've installed 4.2 on a ProFusion box with a single 64-pin APIC (the RAID 
> controller was on pin 50-something).

Ok.  I wasn't sure about that part.  Thanks for clarifying.

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