SMP on Compaq DL380

[Matthew Sullivan]

Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:

>
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Matthew Sullivan wrote:
>
>> I've been reading about problems with HP/Compaq's regarding launching 
>> of second CPUs on SMP systems.
>>
>> I've been through the BIOS settings and there seems to be no settings 
>> to change the APCI table etc....
>>
>> Now one thing that does seem common, when I have BIOS's with MP table 
>> version set to 1.4 FreeBSD doesn't report the second CPU being 
>> launched (even though it is seen in the acpidump)....  When I set the 
>> BIOS to version 1.2 of the MP table the second CPU is reported and 
>> launched.
>>
>> Now the Compaq DL380's I have done seem to have the ability to set 
>> 1.4 or 1.2 of the table ... mptable reports 1.4... (below)
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to launch the second CPU...?
>
>
> Make a boot -v from this machine available.

http://scorpion.sorbs.net/dmesg.txt

Cheers,

-- 
Matthew Sullivan
Specialist Systems Programmer
Information Technology Services
The University of Queensland

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