From owner-freebsd-smp Sat Jan 13 20:43:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (dhcp45-24.dis.org [216.240.45.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D08B737B6ED for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:43:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0E4cVQ85192; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:38:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200101140438.f0E4cVQ85192@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Dustin Harris Cc: "'freebsd-smp@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Compaq DL360 Revisited In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:58:04 PST." <41B0A5BB45B9D311BB4700508B551D7201461706@mr-mcfeely.internal.webtrends.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:38:31 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I've traced the problem to the following code in mp_machdep.c in the > function start_ap: > > /* wait for pending status end */ > while (lapic.icr_lo & APIC_DELSTAT_MASK) > /* spin */ ; > > It appears that I just "spin". Any ideas? What else can I do to help > troubleshoot this? Thanks. The problem with the DL360 is actually a BIOS bug. You should pester Compaq for an update (they are aware of the problem if you get through to the right people), or update to -STABLE on your box (where Peter Wemm has committed a workaround). -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message