From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 23 15:11:40 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 8D8E31065675 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:11:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from seanbru@yahoo-inc.com) Received: from mrout1-b.corp.re1.yahoo.com (mrout1-b.corp.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.107.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C2A98FC25 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:11:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (cheese.corp.yahoo.com [216.145.50.99]) by mrout1-b.corp.re1.yahoo.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/y.out) with ESMTP id o6NFBREh088516; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:11:28 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=serpent; d=yahoo-inc.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=subject:from:reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references: content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=vWvfm1ygEVG/LREBoZZPbpFzcy4TYEhvSa7E9y5ezNzSxGt64ozelDukbbTu1RpX From: Sean Bruno To: Chuck Swiger In-Reply-To: <7573B69C-3C37-449A-A27F-5B0B2ED84757@mac.com> References: <20100722213836.GH15227@martini.nu> <1279836216.2456.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20100723003611.GA66678@martini.nu> <7573B69C-3C37-449A-A27F-5B0B2ED84757@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:11:27 -0700 Message-ID: <1279897887.2525.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 (2.28.3-1.fc12) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "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 Reply-To: "sbruno@freebsd.org" 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 15:11:40 -0000 On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 17:51 -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > 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, confirmed. Yahoo has modified FreeBSD SMP CPU code to handle up to 64 CPUS, I think I'll take a look at it and try to get it committed to HEAD today. Sean