SMP only detects one CPU - help?

[Kevin Kinsey]

Adam J Richardson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Firstly, apologies for the length of this. It's my first mailing list 
> posting, so I hope I'm not breaching any etiquette codes. Also I've only 
> been using FreeBSD for a couple of years, so I'm still very new to the 
> system.
> 
> I have recently become the proud owner of a second-hand HP NetServer 
> e800, which has two Pentium-III class [686] CPUs in it. I've installed 
> 6.2-RELEASE-p3 [which is also referred to as 6.2-STABLE, is that 
> correct?] and built myself a SMP kernel. I'm sure it's a SMP kernel, 
> because the config file has "options SMP" in it and while running it 
> "sysctl kern.smp.maxcpus" returns 16. The BIOS says there are two CPUs, 
> so I guess the second CPU is in fine condition and ready to go.
> 
> I've done a little Googling and digging around in the system. First, the 
> obligatory "uname -a" output:
> 
> "FreeBSD boring.dnsalias.com 6.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: 
> Tue Apr 17 15:01:06 BST 2007 
> fatman at boring.dnsalias.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GAKKO  i386"
> 
> There's nothing in /var/log/messages about CPUs, as far as I can tell.
> 
> The output of "dmesg" provides a possible clue:
> 
> "real memory  = 268369920 (255 MB)
> avail memory = 257167360 (245 MB)
> MADT: Forcing active-low polarity and level trigger for SCI
> ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-15 on motherboard
> ioapic1 <Version 1.1> irqs 16-31 on motherboard
> kbd1 at kbdmux0
> acpi0: <HP HWPC20F> on motherboard
> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
> unknown: I/O range not supported
> can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.PCI0.ISA_.SIO_.LPT_ - 
> AE_AML_INVALID_RESOURCE_TYPE
> Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
> acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1208-0x120b on acpi0
> cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
> pci_link0: BIOS IRQ 10 for 0.15.INTA is invalid"

Does the dmesg output start with the memory stats?  I'd expect
MPTable:, Timecounter,  and CPU: lines above your quoted material.

Definitely have BIOS/OS issues, though.  As Chuck suggests, play
around with the PnP settings in your BIOS setup, possibly update....

I've got a box similar to yours, I *think*; unfortunately, it's
be on a distant job site for over two years (originally running
5.3-RELEASE with SMP on two Pentium-III Lancewood chips), and it's
been so long since I was in the BIOS on that box I've no idea what
the settings are.
 
> Several possible clues in that snippet, now that I look at it. The 
> "MADT" line is suspicious but I think the real culprit might be revealed 
> in the "can't fetch resources" line. On the other hand it might be a 
> completely unrelated problem. Google is silent on the subject of 
> "AE_AML_INVALID_RESOURCE_TYPE", and I don't see it in the Lehey or Lucas 
> books.
> 
> Finally, mptable shows what's really going on:
> "MP Config Base Table Entries:
> -- 
> Processors: APIC ID Version State        Family Model Step Flags
>              3       0x11    BSP, usable  6      8     3    0x387fbff
>              0       0x11    AP, unusable 6      8     3    0x387fbff"
> 
> Apparently the "application processor" is "unusable", whatever that 
> means. I am now stuck.

Kevin Kinsey
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