Re: ACPI-Problems with NetBSD/i386 and a Compaq DL360 G1

[the_badger%gmx.net@localhost]

> The older Compaq servers are a bit tempremental when it comes to
> booting NetBSD.

he he. Yes, I noticed that. It was a bit bitchy, especially since on the first 
machine the cd-rom is broken. It took me a while to find a still working pair 
of disks to create install boot-floppies :)

> Another is that the boot processor is often not the first processor noted
> in the ACPI/MP tables.  For example, with 4 processors the boot CPU may
> have APID 3, with the secondary/application processors having APIDs 0, 1
> and 2.  This could cause problems with our code, although the last
> time I booted a DL380 (which does this weird APID thing) it worked fine.
> Would have been a couple of years ago also.  Perhaps worth checking out.

Hm. And how exactly do I do that? (The checking out...and what can I do to 
solve it?)

I am willing to try and document these things (especially on my blog as soon as 
the server's back up and running in the data-center, currently it's at 
home...), in order to find a proper solution or at least some kind of how-to 
guide for other people. 

- Volkmar

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