From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 11 22:49:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C48A16A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:49:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from error404.nls.net (error404.nls.net [216.144.36.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C619243D3F for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:49:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ketrien@error404.nls.net) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (eiterra.achedra.org [192.168.0.100]) by error404.nls.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iABMngtP036742; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:49:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ketrien@error404.nls.net) Message-ID: <4193ECFF.7030904@error404.nls.net> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:51:43 -0500 From: "Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (Windows/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Josh Tolbert References: <20041111212920.30198.qmail@web54609.mail.yahoo.com> <4193E183.3000406@error404.nls.net> <20041111222223.GA79419@just.puresimplicity.net> In-Reply-To: <20041111222223.GA79419@just.puresimplicity.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Nik Azim Azam cc: Stephan Uphoff cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: number of CPUs and IPI panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:49:44 -0000 Josh Tolbert wrote: >Win2K Advanced Server works just fine on these boxes, no special patches needed. FreeBSD-4.x ran just fine on my Revolution 6x6 (also 6x PII OverDrive; you can see it at http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/Pics/Comps/ALR/). If you >want high-detail pics of a 6x6 motherboard, let me know. I have a spare dead one that I looted some parts from to revive my working one. > >I haven't tried FreeBSD-5.x on my 6x6, mainly cause the thing is disassembled until I build a case for it. Mine never had problems crashing under heavy load with 4.x, though. > > Indeed, but there's one detail being overlooked; You're dealing with a genuine ALR. What we have in this instance is a Unisys Aquanta Hx/6. The Hx/6 is not identical to the ALR, because Unisys can't leave good enough alone. (I had to deal with a DS6, which is based on the Revolution 4-way.) I definitely would not put stupid BIOS tweaks past it; in fact, I would very much expect them. As far as functionality; oh, yes, I can also confirm that on 4.x they were fine. I had opportunity to test a DS6, though, and it would -not- behave unless I told it I was Windows NT. The Unisys part here may be a similar situation. In fact, comparing your dmesg, I can say with some certainty that the Unisys part is not the same. For example; there is no pcic0. (This still may be erroneous.) Not remembering 4.x too well, the boot order also has me wondering, but that may just be 4.x. Somewhere around here I should have a bunch of notes on the ALR implementation. Both of those seem off to me for several reasons; I see two Orions detected when I'm fairly certain we should detect a total of three (not including memory card.) ISTR the APIC being a 24 pin, as well. I'll have to see if I can find what disk I stuck them on. -ksaihr