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Date:      Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:37:54 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "Tony A. Emond" <tony@clevershark.com>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.0 SMP support
Message-ID:  <20051121213754.GA7696@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <7e16b3af0511191022l685b595eyacb797211198dbc5@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <7e16b3af0511191022l685b595eyacb797211198dbc5@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 01:22:18PM -0500, Tony A. Emond wrote:
> I've been unable to enable SMP while using a kernel that includes ACPI.
>=20
> This is not a problem that occurs if ACPI is excluded from the kernel but
> loaded as a module.
>=20
> Therefore I'd like to propose that the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/SMP file ha=
ve
> a comment added to specify that the kernel should not be compiled with AC=
PI
> if SMP is to be enabled.

No, it's not a general problem.  You'll have to investigate your
specific problem in more detail.  Start by looking for a BIOS upgrade,
since that will often fix ACPI problems caused by a buggy
implementation on your hardware.

Kris

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