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List:       freebsd-smp
Subject:    Re: SMP on Proliant 5500
From:       "Shadow" <shadow () gti ! net>
Date:       2003-02-18 14:26:33
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In my experience make sure you set the OS type to "Linux" in the bios as
well, otherwise all sorts of things with apics and interrupts seem to go
horribly wrong.  I never could get the standard "Unix" setting to work w/
SMP on that model, or figure out why it failed for that matter.

-Nick
Sr. Systems Administrator, Global Telecom Inc.
shadow@gti.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com>
To: <freebsd-smp@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:53 PM
Subject: SMP on Proliant 5500


> Hi
>
> Here is the system:
>
> Compaq Proliant 5500
> Quad Xeon 500Mhz
> Booting from Compaq Smart Raid configured to give 3 virtual
> drives
> JBOD on seperate adaptec SCSI 2 PCI card
> Fibre Channel Array 1.2T
> Adaptec AHA 6944A/TX 4 port PCI 10/100
> NVidia PCI TNT2 M64 32M Video card - working fine  after a
> struggle - configured as vesa vesa!
> Built in ATI Rage IIc (DISABLED) on standard peripheral
> interface
> FreeBSD 4.7
>
> My first attempt at configuring this system for SMP was a
> total failure!! I lost my original configuration
> as I was unable to re-start successfully with kernel.old. I
> have successfully rebuilt the configuration as single
> processor and am ready to have another go to build as SMP.
> Before doing so some handholding advice would be very
> welcome. I have not been able to find guidance for building
> an SMP kernel but I have no doubt not been looking in the
> right place!! I have looked at the LINT file & commented
> out:
>
> cpu     I386_CPU
> cpu     I486_CPU
>
> and then added the lines
> options  SMP
> options  APIC_IO
>
> is there anything else I need to do prior to making the
> kernel?
>
> Also if there is someone with a similar system who could
> send me a copy of a successful kernel conf file I would be
> most grateful
> Thanks
>
> David
>
>
>
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