> > Yes, if the claim is that the hardware is absolutely identical apart > > from one having two quad-core CPUs instead of two dual-core, the next > > step is to disable half of the CPUs and confirm that the problem goes away. > > Just comming back to this today, will do a side by side compare of the dmesg > later to make sure that they *are* identical as claimed, but the idea of > disabling half the CPU's is an excellent one! > > Aha, brilliant idea! > > > Check dmesg for the APIC numbers corresponding to the CPUs you want to > > disable and add the corresponding entries to /boot/loader.conf, e.g.: > > You mean this bit? > > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 > cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 2 > cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: 3 > cpu4 (AP): APIC ID: 4 > cpu5 (AP): APIC ID: 5 > cpu6 (AP): APIC ID: 6 > cpu7 (AP): APIC ID: 7
For completeness sake :-) you could try to disable the second quad-core-cpu completely rather than 2 cores on each unit and redo the test. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
