Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 23:30:31 GMT From: Dan Olson <danolson@visi.com> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/104678: SMP not working on Turion XP Laptop Message-ID: <200611082330.kA8NUVlR066893@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/104678; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dan Olson <danolson@visi.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/104678: SMP not working on Turion XP Laptop Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:22:44 -0600 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-10-22 16:52, Dan Olson <danolson@visi.com> wrote: >> FreeBSD tron.danolson.dsl.visi.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD >> 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Oct 22 10:00:30 CDT 2006 >> olson@tron.danolson.dsl.visi.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TRON i386 > >> SMP doesn't work on a new Turion X2 laptop. The laptop is an HP dv6119us. > >> Laptop appears to act normally by entering set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 >> at the loader prompt. > >> When that is not set, the Laptop appears to lock up but accepts >> keyboard input. It won't display for about 10 seconds unless more keys >> are press. If no keys are pressed it doesn't display the input. > > Hi Dan, > > I've had similar problems with an Acer Ferrari 3400-LMI, which were > resolved by setting in `/etc/rc.conf': > > performance_cx_lowest="HIGH" # Online CPU idle state > economy_cx_lowest="HIGH" # Offline CPU idle state > > Can you show us the values of these settings in `/etc/defaults/rc.conf' > and in `/etc/rc.conf' on your laptop? > Hi Giorgos, Starting out, these variables were not set in /etc/rc.conf. In /etc/defaults/rc.conf they were set as suggested: performance_cx_lowest="HIGH" economy_cx_lowest="HIGH" After setting them as shown in my /etc/rc.conf, no change was noticed. I also don't think the powernow feature is detected and used, at least with apic disabled. Thanks for the suggestion though. Dan
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