On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 04:41:16PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2015-Mar-12 12:30:39 -0700, Adrian Chadd <[email protected]> wrote: > >Right. Try booting it with SMP disabled but with all the RAM. > > Is this possible? Can one CPU see the RAM on another CPU if that CPU > isn't enabled in the kernel?
Yes, of course. The disabled state means that the core is not started to execute the stream of the architectural instructions opcodes. The memory controller, address decoder and inter-socket links, and pcie links are configured by the motherboard firmware during the POST. They are left alone by our kernel. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
