From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 31 17:53:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE73216A420 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:53:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 028B943D48 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:53:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 8773 invoked by uid 510); 31 Jan 2006 17:54:08 +0000 Received: from 84.92.24.252 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.88/1261. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-3.7/5.0):. Processed in 1.272398 secs); 31 Jan 2006 17:54:08 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.7 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-3.7/5.0):. Processed in 1.272398 secs Process 8766) Received: from mail.bathnetworks.com (HELO ?84.92.24.252?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@84.92.24.252) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 31 Jan 2006 17:54:06 +0000 From: Robert Slade To: Anto Prijosoesilo In-Reply-To: <20060131075948.47487.qmail@web50412.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060131075948.47487.qmail@web50412.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1138730046.8083.10.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:54:06 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Can't see second CPU on IBM eServer x346 (FBSD5.4 and 6.0 amd64) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:53:04 -0000 On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 07:59, Anto Prijosoesilo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having a problem installing FreeBSD/amd64 SMP on a > couple of IBM x346 servers. Both have dual XEON 3.0GHz > EM64T processors but OS seems to only enable one of > them. > > ACPI has to be disabled on both machines for them to > boot, otherwise they will hang after probing the > keyboard. > > I'm using the SMP kernel config unedited. > > Mptable on both machines show that there are 2 CPUs: > > -- > Processors: APIC ID Version State Family > Model Step Flags > 0 0x14 BSP, usable 15 > 4 1 0x0301 > 6 0x14 AP, usable 15 > 4 1 0x0301 > -- > > Sysctl hw.ncpu returns 1 on both systems. > > The one on FreeBSD 5.4 has 6GB or memory and the one > on FreeBSD 6.0 has 3GB of memory. I can run tests on > the 3GB system and will probably try FreeBSD/i386 on > it to see if it can see both CPUs. > > Has anyone successfully ran FreeBSD/amd64 SMP on these > machines? > > Thanks in advance for any info anyone can provide. > > Anto. Silly question. Isn't the XEON Intel i386 architecture which runs Freebsd i386 whereas the FreeBSD amd64 is for AMD 64 bit devices.? In which case you should use the Freebsd i386 SMP kernel. Rob