> Am 23.09.2010 14:24, schrieb elekktrett...@exemail.com.au: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Last year sephe implemented MADT enumeration for i386. These changes >>> were missing for x86_64. I ported them to x86_64 and now my HP Compaq >>> 6710b laptop is booting SMP (without APIC_IO) on x86_64. I'd like to >>> commit the changes if no one objects. Almost all changes are identical >>> to what sephe made. >>> >>> http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~mneumann/madt_enum.patch >>> http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~mneumann/madt_enum.diff >>> >>> If you give me go, I'll commit. >>> >> I'd like to note while my laptop works using the original MADT >> enumeration >> for i386, APIC_IO has to be disabled otherwise it panics. I believe >> FreeBSD doesn't even have an APIC_IO option in the config. Shouldn't >> "options SMP" and APIC_IO be merged? I can't remember how many times I >> accidently compiled kernel with APIC_IO and screwed up. >> > > I can't comment on APIC_IO. But if you have an amd64 laptop with a > broken mptable enumeration (like my laptop), then it would be nice if > you could try out my (sephe's) patches. Before sephe's patches to i386, > I couldn't get SMP on i386 working with my laptop. >
Unfortunately my laptop is one the the last ones who are i386 only. :(
