Re: port-amd64/40067: HP BL680c is unable to boot NetBSD with SMP enabled

[Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/40067; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: port-amd64-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-amd64/40067: HP BL680c is unable to boot NetBSD with SMP 
enabled
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:57:41 +0000

 On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 03:25:01PM +0000, chris%dokein.co.uk@localhost wrote:
 
 > ioapic0: int3 82<vector=82,delmode=0,dest=0> 0<target=0>
 > 
 > Note the point at which the system hangs is the point at which interrupts 
 > are enabled.  If I disable SMP in the bios the next lines in the dmesg are:
 >
 > scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
 
 This is also the point at which at which the gates are opened for non-boot
 CPUs. Up until this point they sit in a loop spinning.
 
 http://nxr.homeunix.org/source/xref/sys/arch/x86/x86/cpu.c#689
 
 Can you break into the debugger and get a backtrace to see where it is
 hanging?
 
 Andrew