Interrupt routing issue on Compaq nx6325

[Ariff Abdullah]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:15:50 +0100
Joerg Wunsch <j at uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
> I've got something that turns out to be an interrupt routing issue
> on a brand-new HP/Compaq nx6325 notebook.  Everything works when I
> disable the APIC (but then I've only got one out of the two CPU
> cores), and everything works with a different notebook that has a
> previous BIOS release.  Linux works, but appears to install a
> workaround for some interrupt routing bug.
> 
> Is it OK to post the details here on this list, or would
> freebsd-hardware seem more appropriate for a clarification?
> 

See PR: i386/104678

My current workaround is (for RELENG_6)

http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/misc/idlecpu_apic_4.diff

(hw.apic.idle_cpu=1 or 2)

--
Ariff Abdullah
FreeBSD

... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced
    and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........
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