From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 14:19:32 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 4EC2E16A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:19:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web54607.mail.yahoo.com (web54607.mail.yahoo.com [68.142.225.191]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DFA1043D46 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:19:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nskyline_r35@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 21597 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Nov 2004 14:19:31 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=5OFNFaR/DcxA2XowLiUTPKL2ULNbDjTOqJRpI3tST/waAvPjA3+XiqY/6/BCl9EJBKwdlBsJCT9tODWrTI8TwLkDgZAMpNTx4kQLr0B/XnqShbob4X8tf2Ymo7ru3CFSeMCd0uLvNaV7HEvhvQZO+bZdlSdmsYw9HOhlkgBzyeI= ; Message-ID: <20041112141930.21592.qmail@web54607.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [82.43.48.36] by web54607.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:19:30 PST Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:19:30 -0800 (PST) From: Nik Azim Azam To: "Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra" , Josh Tolbert In-Reply-To: <4193ECFF.7030904@error404.nls.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:19:32 -0000 Win2K Advanced Server works just fine here. --- "Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra" wrote: > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com