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Date:      Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:01:26 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
To:        Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Compaq Proliant 1600 SMP fix available ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104251057200.61494-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
In-Reply-To: <E14s2MI-0000vT-00@dilbert.fcg.co.uk>

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On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Pete French wrote:

> Was there ever a fix for the SMP problems associated with running
> 4.x FreeBSD on certain Compaq systems (the 'Extended table HOSED'
> problem). I've found a lot of discussion about it in various
> mailing lists, including a very concise description fo what the
> problem si, but nowhere does anyone mention if there is a 4.x
> workaround.

Do you have the latest BIOS in the 1600?  I notice that Compaq has
several changes that dealt with SMP over the past few revisions of the
BIOS.  The latest for the 1600 is 4.14A dated 11/08/2000.  They've
also added a "Linux" OS type in the BIOS, which might work better for
FreeBSD as well.  You'll need the latest configuration utility to see
that option, most likely.  I don't have a 1600, so I can't say wether
or not it works.  I do know it worked on a 3000 some time ago when I
was playing around with it.


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