Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 17:03:24 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Matt Jacob <mjacob@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha machdep.c mp_machdep.c vm_ma Message-ID: <XFMail.010714170324.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200107142137.f6ELbwT56088@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On 14-Jul-01 Matt Jacob wrote: > mjacob 2001/07/14 14:37:58 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/alpha/alpha machdep.c mp_machdep.c vm_machdep.c > sys/alpha/include smp.h > Log: > Fix reboot hangs that have happened with multiple processors > on Alpha 4100s. > > Basically, if you're halting or you're rebooting, you should > tell all other processors to halt first. Define IPI_HALT- IPI_STOP > is not what we want for this purpose, which will call prom_halt(0) > on receipt. > > The processor running the halt or reboot wil send an IPI_HALT to all > other processors, delay a bit, then continue to do what what it was > planning on doing (prom_halt({0|1})). Are you sure we don't need to do the "real" halt on the boot processor like we have to do on the x86? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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