Subject: Re: Kernel messages from an (unsuccessful) Compaq Proliant DL380
To: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@wasabisystems.com>
From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@boogers.sf.ca.us>
List: tech-smp
Date: 08/01/2001 11:59:54
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 02:07:31AM +0200, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 04:57:17PM -0700, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> > mainbus0: scanning 0x9f800 to 0x9fbf0 for MP signature
> > mainbus0: scanning 0x9f400 to 0x9f7f0 for MP signature
> > mainbus0: scanning 0xf0000 to 0xffff0 for MP signature
> 
> Looks like it doesn't find the MP config table at all in your BIOS.
> Is there a setup option to enable/disable it? Or maybe it's just
> a quirk that needs to be known (a Compaq machine with a quirk? nah..)

It certainly appears to be quirky.  The BIOS does in fact see the
second processor, but there aren't any option that I can see to "enable"
it.

Oh well.

+j
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Jeff Rizzo                                         http://boogers.sf.ca.us/~riz