Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:39:34 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jason <jason@ec.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Found a problem with new source code Message-ID: <XFMail.20031111163934.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3FB149A1.2070105@ec.rr.com>
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On 11-Nov-2003 Jason wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >>On 11-Nov-2003 Jason wrote: >> >> >>>I just wanted to let someone know that my buildworld fails at >>>/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot2.c at line 362. I get an undefined >>>error for RB_BOOTINFO, by adding #define RB_BOOTINFO 0x1f it worked. >>>Also it failed at sendmail.fc or something, I don't use send mail so I >>>just did not build it. It looks like someone already reported the >>>device apic problem. I just tryed option smp and device apic on my >>>single proc athlon, panic on boot unless I chose no apic or is it no >>>acpi(?) at boot. >>> >>> >> >>No ACPI is what you can choose at boot. Can you post the panic message? >> >> >> >>>By the way, why adding the smp options do any good for my machine? I >>>mostly care about speed, but it seems it might just make the os unstable >>>for me. >>> >>> >> >>You can always compile a custom kernel without SMP if you wish. device >>apic can be helpful because PCI devices do not have to share interrupts. >>Enabling SMP in GENERIC means that SMP machines now work out of the box. >>It also means that a sysadmin can use one kernel across both UP and SMP >>machines in a hetergeneous environment which can ease system >>administration in some cases. >> >> >> > I like the idea of not sharing irqs. Can I have apic without smp on? Yes. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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