Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 14:31:16 +0000 From: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: major timer/APIC code changes. Message-ID: <33D0CFB4.836C2826@nconnect.net> References: <199707190443.WAA20958@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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Steve Passe wrote: > > Hi, > > I have done major hacking to the APIC code in the areas of the 8254 timer > and RTC timer. Some of these involve the EISA changes discussed earlier. > Others are an attempt to bury the SMP_TIMER_NC code. > > The latest code will fail to build with "options SMP_TIMER_NC" set > in your config file, remove & reconfig to build a new kernel. > > Its working well on my dual P6 which needs the timer redirect code, but > paniced my dual P5 which doesn't. The panic was in modload, removing the > "star" screensaver from sysconfig allowed it to boot, so I am assumming its > unrelated. I am in the middle of a cvsup of the world for that machine > and will report after a make world. > > Please send me reports for ANY new kernel builds, working or not. I need > to know ASAP whether I've broken anything. This is one of those changes > that may behave differently on various hardware. > > The affected code is identifiable by sys/i386/include/smptests.h: > > * $Id: smptests.h,v 1.13 1997/07/19 03:56:30 fsmp Exp $ > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD My Tyan Tomcat II runs better than ever! ( That's not entirely true, since it *never* had problems! ) GREAT JOB PEOPLE! -- Randall D DuCharme Systems Engineer Novell, Microsoft, and UNIX Networking Support Computer Specialists BSDI Internet Success Partners 414-253-9998 414-253-9919 (fax) BSD/OS Authorized Resellers
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