From owner-freebsd-smp Sat Jul 19 07:32:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA27489 for smp-outgoing; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 07:32:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.nconnect.net (root@atlantis.nconnect.net [207.227.50.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA27484 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 07:32:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arabian.astrolab.org (randyd@dial175.nconnect.net [207.227.50.175]) by atlantis.nconnect.net (8.8.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA10431; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 09:19:49 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <33D0CFB4.836C2826@nconnect.net> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 14:31:16 +0000 From: Randy DuCharme Organization: Astrolab Development X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01b6C [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Passe CC: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: major timer/APIC code changes. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <199707190443.WAA20958@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-smp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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