From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 20 20:59:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C95E106568D for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:59:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BB038FC1C for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:59:45 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KUY0091TYBK5Y30@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:59:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([80.203.92.186]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0KUY002MZYBJ3B40@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:59:44 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:59:43 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20091220215943.5c6cbdcb.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.18.5; amd64-portbld-freebsd7.2) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Why does FreeBSD 8.-0 think that my Dell SX260 have "non-unform processors"? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:59:45 -0000 Hi, I just booted my Dell OptiPlex SX260[1] from a usb memory stick with FreeBSD 8.0-release on it. Part of the dmesg output is: Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz (1295.21-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0x4400 real memory = 2147483648 (2048 MB) avail memory = 2085347328 (1988 MB) ACPI APIC Table: WARNING: Non-uniform processors. WARNING: Using suboptimal topology. ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1 ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 Full demsg output on the FreeBSD page[2] for this machine. Why does FreeBSD think that this machine has "non-unform processors? Ok, the Pentium 4 in it can proably do hyperthreading, but that isn't much to talk about. What excatly is non-unform here? References: 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/sx260 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/sx260_freebsd -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen