Subject: Re: Kernel messages from an (unsuccessful) Compaq Proliant DL380
To: None <tech-smp@netbsd.org>
From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@boogers.sf.ca.us>
List: tech-smp
Date: 08/01/2001 16:42:38
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 11:59:54AM -0700, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 02:07:31AM +0200, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 04:57:17PM -0700, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> > > mainbus0: scanning 0x9f800 to 0x9fbf0 for MP signature
> > > mainbus0: scanning 0x9f400 to 0x9f7f0 for MP signature
> > > mainbus0: scanning 0xf0000 to 0xffff0 for MP signature
> > 
> > Looks like it doesn't find the MP config table at all in your BIOS.
> > Is there a setup option to enable/disable it? Or maybe it's just
> > a quirk that needs to be known (a Compaq machine with a quirk? nah..)
> 
> It certainly appears to be quirky.  The BIOS does in fact see the
> second processor, but there aren't any option that I can see to "enable"
> it.

By way of a followup, Frank van der Linden helped me to figure out that
I needed to set the OS to "Solaris" instead of "Other" in the goofy
Compaq system config program.  It now boots just fine...

+j