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Date:      Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:04:43 -0800
From:      Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>
To:        The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IBM 7100 Server with Dual Xeon's ...
Message-ID:  <20001206140443.A38809@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061746350.1558-100000@thelab.hub.org>; from scrappy@hub.org on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 05:46:59PM -0400
References:  <200012062036.eB6KaDF52151@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061746350.1558-100000@thelab.hub.org>

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Yes it applied to 4.x

http://people.freebsd.org/~peter/compaq.diff

The Hermit Hacker (scrappy@hub.org) wrote:
> 
> damn, I was *going* to ask ... can someone resend it, and does it apply to
> 4.2?
> 
> thanks ...
> 
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Try the patch that Peter just posted for the Compaq DL360.  I think your 
> > box has the same problem.
> > 
> > > 	I've been trying to get FreeBSD to go SMP on this box for ages now
> > > ... since *BSD isn't supported by IBM, I got one of our linux guys over
> > > here to help me out ... we created an SMP boot floppy, to see if we'd get
> > > a hang using it, and we didn't *but*, it did give us a warning:
> > > 
> > > WARNING: MP table in the EBDA can be UNSAFE
> > > 
> > > 	does this mean anything to anyone?
> > > 
> > > 	As part of the Linux boot sequence, it also told us:
> > > 
> > > Intel MultiProcessor Specifications v1.4
> > > 	VirtualWire Compatibility mode.
> > > 
> > > 	if that also means anything?
> > > 
> > > Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
> > > Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
> > > primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > 
> > -- 
> > ... 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]
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
> primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
> 
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