Unpredictable problems with APIC renumbering

[John Baldwin]

On 28-Aug-2003 Sam Leffler wrote:
>> John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org> writes:
>>
>>> > Is there a fix or work-a-round for this problem?
>>>
>>> It's not a problem you need to worry about and is common to many
>>> MP motherboards.
>>>
>>
>> It's odd that it only happens occasionally. The precise message is:
>>
>>
>> Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0
>> IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> IRQ 0
>> AP#1 (PHY #1) failed!
>> panic y/n? [y]
>> mp-lock = 0000001; cpuid=0; 1apicid=0
>>
> 
> I see this on a Dell 650 w/ a single Xeon processor (HTT).  I think it is 
> wrong to prompt at the console to continue.

I guess it could just always panic.

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