smp on dell poweredge freeze: 5.4 p7

[Claus Guttesen]

> since I make installworld to upgrade to p7, my os freeze often enough.
> FreeBSD xxxxxxx 5.4-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p7
> 
> kern.timecounter.smp_tsc: 0
> kern.smp.maxcpus: 16
> kern.smp.active: 1
> kern.smp.disabled: 0
> kern.smp.cpus: 4
> kern.smp.forward_signal_enabled: 1
> kern.smp.forward_roundrobin_enabled: 1
> debug.psmpkterrthresh: 2
> 
> sysctl -a | grep machdep.hyperthreading_allowed
> machdep.hyperthreading_allowed: 0

What PowerEdge-model is it, dual or quad? If dual, did you try to
disable HTT in BIOS?

regards
Claus