From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 00:52:01 2010 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 0C1F5106566C for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:52:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout026.mac.com (asmtpout026.mac.com [17.148.16.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4A128FC1A for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:52:00 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp026.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0L5Z00MF3JQNBW50@asmtp026.mac.com>; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:52:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1004200000 definitions=main-1007220136 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.0.10011,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-07-22_07:2010-07-23, 2010-07-22, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <20100723003611.GA66678@martini.nu> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:51:59 -0700 Message-id: <7573B69C-3C37-449A-A27F-5B0B2ED84757@mac.com> References: <20100722213836.GH15227@martini.nu> <1279836216.2456.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20100723003611.GA66678@martini.nu> To: "Mahlon E. Smith" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Cc: sbruno@freebsd.org, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Unable to install 8.x on a PowerEdge R810 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: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:52:01 -0000 Hi, Mahlon-- On Jul 22, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Mahlon E. Smith wrote: > Install worked great, though it appears I need to keep hyperthreading > ("logical processors" bios option) disabled for it to boot reliably. > Similar errors as before if I enable it. I believe FreeBSD ships with MAXCPU set to 32 by default (check "sysctl kern.smp.maxcpus"); your machine with hyperthreading enabled probably goes past that #, which is why it crashes with the topology error being reported.... Regards, -- -Chuck