I poked at it some more, still with no luck.

acpi0 at mainbus0: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
acpi0: using Intel ACPI CA subsystem version 20060217
acpi0: X/RSDT: OemId <COMPAQ,YORKTOWN,00000002>, AslId <  M-R^D,0000162e>
acpi0: SCI interrupting at int 9
acpi0: fixed-feature power button present

It's a ML570 with 12/17/2002 BIOS.

Does anyone have any ideas what devices I could start paring out of the
GENERIC[.MP] kernel to see if I can get back to MP?

Is this just a lost cause?

peter

On 10/10/07 6:30 PM, "Peter Eisch" <peter@boku.net> wrote:

> 
> [Keeping threads to a minimum at the cost of readability, replies to many
> follow...]
> 
> On 10/10/07 3:33 PM, "Andrew Doran" <ad@netbsd.org> wrote:
> 
>>> acpi0: X/RSDT: OemId <COMPAQ,YORKTOWN,00000002>, AslId <  M-R^D,0000162e>
>> 
>> This looks like a DL580 or similar? I have one and it exhibits the same
>> problem.
>> 
> 
> Yes, this is a circa 2001 Compaq DL5?0.  It's 7U tall, noisy and heavy, but
> otherwise quite handy for chugging on code.
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/10/07 3:28 PM, "Brian Buhrow" <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hello.  NetBSD-3 used ACPI subsystem version 20040217, or something
>> like that.  NetBSD-4 uses one from 2006.  I wonder if it's possible that
>> NetBSD-4 is trying to use features in your BIOS which aren't particularly
>> well implemented?  In other words, do you have the latest BIOS on your
>> machine?  Many years ago, I used to work on Compaq machines a lot, and it
>> was common to run into BIOS bugs with various OS's from time to time.
>> Another thing you might look at, assuming you have the latest BIOS
>> available for your machine, are your BIOS OS settings.  Is it set to
>> "Windows" or "Unixware" or "other?"
> 
> I'm pretty sure I selected Solaris back when I selected it.  I can check
> this though.
> 
>> I'd try booting with this setting on various choices to see what breaks
>> differently, or, gasp, in hopes that one of them works.
> 
> It's a pretty easy test.  Standing and waiting through the reboots is the
> hard part.
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/10/07 5:09 PM, "Chris Ross" <cross+netbsd@distal.com> wrote:
> 
>>  I have a couple of Compaq i386 machinesd, that have run various
>> versions
>> of NetBSD.  I've actually found that "Solaris" works best for me for the
>> "which type of OS are you running?" for an MP i386 NetBSD.  I'm running
>> a NetBSD 4.0_RC2 (unless it's RC1) on a DL1850, so much older than
>> what you have, but it seems to be working alright for me.  Does crash
>> periodically, but I fear that was because I was brave enough to make
>> some lfs filesystems.  :-)
> 
> I'm not brave enough to try LFS on it, you win on that count.  <grin>
> 
> I had a bugger of a time getting this system to netbsd-4 back in August
> (with beta 2) but I thought it might have been because of cd drive and its
> compatibility with the speed CD I was using.
> 
> To get this system upgraded I had to copy the contents of the CD onto /root
> and boot with the INSTALL kernel.  It was a bit of a circus, but with the
> BETA_2 kernel it mostly worked.  The CPU speeds would appear goofy but I had
> all the CPUs and they all seemed to be at full-speed.
> 
> Back on the broader topic, is it fair to try to build a non-ACPI MP kernel
> from the netbsd-4 source?  More specifically, am I just missing some other
> options in the config if I'm compiling and getting:
> 
> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c: In function 'cpu_init_first':
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c:187: warning: implicit
> declaration of function 'lapic_cpu_number'
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c: In function 'cpu_hatch':
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c:602: warning: implicit
> declaration of function 'lapic_enable'
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c:603: warning: implicit
> declaration of function 'lapic_initclocks'
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c:614: warning: implicit
> declaration of function 'lapic_set_lvt'
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c:623: error: 'lapic_tpr'
> undeclared (first use in this function)
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c:623: error: (Each undeclared
> identifier is reported only once
> /builds/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/i386/cpu.c:623: error: for each function
> it appears in.)
> 
> 
> I just use:
> include "arch/i386/conf/GENERIC.MP"
> 
> no acpi0 at mainbus0
> no ioapic* at mainbus?
> 
> 
> peter
> 
> 
> 
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