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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:56:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      up@3.am
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP problems - hardware?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.44.0404142256010.66247-100000@richard2.pil.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0404142241500.38226-100000@richard2.pil.net>

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Argh, I almost forgot this part of dmesg:

SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!

Like I said, OS-wise, everything looks ok...

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 up@3.am wrote:

>
> I just built a new server with:
>
> Intel SE7501CW2 ServerBoard
> 2 x Intel Xeon 2.4Ghz 533FSB
> 2 x 1GB ECC DIMMs
> Adaptec 2200s RAID (lev 1)
>
> FreeBSD 4.10-Beta (cvsup from 4.9-Release to Stable produced this)
>
> I built the SMP kernel (I've done this before with older L440GX systems
> several times with no problems) and everything boots fine (see dmesg
> below), but ubench shows about half what the performance should be and top
> only shows 1 CPU running (cpu0).  I'm seriously afraid I might have mucked
> up one of the CPUs when I had to remove and reinstall it, but I would
> think that I would see some sort of error if that were the case.  In the
> BIOS you see the "system" processor installed, but not the "application"
> processor installed (not sure if that means the 2nd CPU or not), but both
> cpu's temperatures are showing up.  Here's the relevant boot info:
>
> CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz (2392.04-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf29  Stepping = 9
>
> Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,C
> MOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
>   Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
> real memory  = 2146959360 (2096640K bytes)
> avail memory = 2087825408 (2038892K bytes)
> Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0
> IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0
> Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #1
> Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #2
> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard: 2 CPUs
>  cpu0 (BSP): apic id:  0, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000
>  cpu1 (AP):  apic id:  1, version: 0x00050014, at 0xfee00000
>  io0 (APIC): apic id:  2, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec00000
>  io1 (APIC): apic id:  3, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec80000
>  io2 (APIC): apic id:  4, version: 0x00178020, at 0xfec80400
> Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0341000.
> Warning: Pentium 4 CPU: PSE disabled
> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> Using $PIR table, 20 entries at 0xc00fde80
> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
>
> I have a sinking feeling that I'm going to have to pull the second CPU,
> but I figured I'd better check to see if there's anything else I've missed
> here first.  Please reply off-list as I am not subscribed.
>
> Thanks!
>
> James Smallacombe		      PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
> up@3.am							    http://3.am
> =========================================================================
>
>

James Smallacombe		      PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
up@3.am							    http://3.am
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