Quoting Frank van der Linden <fvdl@wasabisystems.com>:

> Since the question on how to check out the i386 MP code often
> comes up, I thought I'd add a CVS tag so that a stable system
> consisting of the 1.6 branch code and the i386 MP code can
> be checked out easily.
> 
> To get NetBSD 1.6 (BETA* or RC*) with i386 MP:
> 
> 	* check out syssrc using -r netbsd-1-6
> 	* cd syssrc/sys/arch/i386
> 	* cvs update using -r i386mp_plus16_stable
> 
> Please note that this is just something I added as a convenience,
> the i386MP code is not part of NetBSD 1.6, and this tag is
> 'not officially supported', i.e. not guaranteed to create
> a compilable tree in the future (though it'll probably work
> for a while unless major changes occur on the 1.6 branch).
> 
> But, since this will give you the codebase that, for example,
> the NetBSD crossbuild machine (dual Athlon with 2G of mem)
> has been running for a month now, with a constant load of
> 4.5 or higher, I thought it might be a good service to
> people to add it.
> 
> - Frank
> 
> -- 
> Frank van der Linden                                   
> fvdl@wasabisystems.com
> ==============================================================================
> Quality NetBSD Development, Support & Service.  
> http://www.wasabisystems.com/
> 


i did exactly this
running netbsd 1.6_beta4
i checked out the latest syssrc
then i checked out mp update

i compiled a mp kernel
reboot
it loads fine
then in less than five minutes it hangs solid, no kernel panic or anything
just a solid freeze

i tried the i386mp branch a long time ago on 1.5y-current... it worked fine
then, except i would kernel panic every 3 to 4 days

now it doesnt even kernel panic, it just freezes solid

my motherboard is either an abit bp6 or a vp6 (i have both motherboards, not
sure which one is in there right now) and two celeron 550's

thanks,
-dj


i'm not booted under an mp kernel rightnow, but here is my dmesg...

NetBSD 1.6_BETA4 (INEXISTENT) #0: Thu Jul  4 10:06:10 PDT 2002
    dj@inexistent.ath.cx:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/INEXISTENT
cpu0: Intel Celeron (Mendocino) (686-class), 551.27 MHz
cpu0: I-cache 16 KB 32b/line 4-way, D-cache 16 KB 32b/line 2-way
cpu0: L2 cache 128 KB 32b/line 4-way
cpu0: features 183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features 183fbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,FGPAT,PSE36,MMX>
cpu0: features 183fbff<FXSR>
total memory = 255 MB
avail memory = 235 MB
using 3297 buffers containing 13188 KB of memory
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xfb590
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
Intel 82443BX Host Bridge/Controller (host bridge, revision 0x03) at pci0 dev 0
function 0 not configured
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Intel 82443BX AGP Interface (rev. 0x03)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
vga0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: ATI Technologies Rage 128 4x AGP 4x (rev. 0x00)
wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
pcib0: Intel 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX4) (rev. 0x02)
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 91536U6>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 14648 MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 30000096 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66)
pciide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using DMA data
transfers)
pciide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
atapibus0 at pciide0 channel 1: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 1: <CD-ROM 24X/AKOx, , 16B1> type 5 cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
cd0(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
Intel 82371AB USB Host Controller (PIIX4) (USB serial bus, revision 0x01) at
pci0 dev 7 function 2 not configured
Intel 82371AB Power Management Controller (PIIX4) (miscellaneous bridge,
revision 0x02) at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
rtk0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX
rtk0: interrupting at irq 11
rtk0: Ethernet address 00:50:ba:d3:d6:cb
ukphy0 at rtk0 phy 7: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface
ukphy0: OUI 0x000000, model 0x0000, rev. 0
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
pciide1 at pci0 dev 19 function 0: Triones/Highpoint HPT366 IDE Controller
pciide1: bus-master DMA support present
pciide1: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
pciide1: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt
pciide2 at pci0 dev 19 function 1: Triones/Highpoint HPT366 IDE Controller
pciide2: bus-master DMA support present
pciide2: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
pciide2: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt
isa0 at pcib0
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
biomask eff5 netmask eff5 ttymask fff7
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs
IP Filter: v3.4.27 initialized.  Default = pass all, Logging = enabled
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
Accounting started

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