I recently inherited a dual processor x86 machine for my personal use. It
was supposed to be in fine working condition as a MS-Windows machine, but upon
installing FreeBSD, I have encountered a number of problems I have no
doubt that the hardware is the issue, and not FreeBSD.
I did a minimal install over the network of 4.7-Release which seemed to go
smoothly. I then tarred up my a 4.9 stable source tree from another
machine and transfered it over to the new box. (from March 30th) Build
world seemed to go fine. (make buildworld) I tweaked the GENERIC kernel to add
support for
the second processor and a sound card. I made and installed the new
kernel without any noticeable errors. (make builkernel KERNCONF=STONE ;
make installkernel KERNCONF=STONE) The new kernel booted, but the
second processor was not recognized. Likewise, my network cards became
unresponsive. (the interfaces would just time out) I now have the machine
in serial console, and am wondering how I figure out what is wrong with the
machine. I assume it is a hardware issue, but as to what is precisely broken,
I do not know. For completeness sake I did the installworld and ran
mergmaster, but I am still running on only one processor and no
networking.
Can anyone give me some pointers on how to start troubleshooting this?
The source tree I used seems to work fine on my laptop, so I have doubt
that it is a terrible problem on the other machine.
Here is some basic info to give a little background:
######################################
stone# uname -a
FreeBSD stone.ny.home 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #1: Mon Apr 19
21:42:50 EDT6
Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #1: Mon Apr 19 21:42:50 EDT 2004
root@stone.ny.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STONE
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (400.91-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping = 2
Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CM
OV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
real memory = 134152192 (131008K bytes)
avail memory = 126550016 (123584K bytes)
Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0
IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0
IOAPIC #0 intpin 16 -> irq 10
IOAPIC #0 intpin 17 -> irq 11
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard: 1 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000
io0 (APIC): apic id: 2, version: 0x00170011, at 0xfec00000
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03f1000.
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
md0: Malloc disk
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> mem
0xf8000000-0xfbffffff at d
evice 0.0 on pci0
pcib1: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pci1: <ATI Mach64-GB graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 11
isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xffa0-0xffaf at device 7.1
on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0xef80-0xef9f irq 11
at device 7.2 on pci0
usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Timecounter "PIIX" frequency 3579545 Hz
chip0: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port 0x440-0x44f at
device 7.3 on pci0
ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem
0xfebff000-0xfebfffff irq 10 at device 15.0 on pci0
aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs
fxp0: <Intel 82559 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xef00-0xef3f mem
0xfea00000-0xfeaffff
f,0xfebfe000-0xfebfefff irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:90:27:8a:80:53
inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
dc0: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe400-0xe4ff mem
0xfebfdf00-0xfebfdfff irq
11 at device 20.0 on pci0
dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:65:b8:e7
miibus1: <MII bus> on dc0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus1
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem
0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xcc7ff,0xcc800-0xcd7ff on isa0
pmtimer0 on isa0
fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x100>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A, console
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
pcm0: <Yamaha OPL-SAx> at port
0x220-0x22f,0x530-0x537,0x388-0x38b,0x330-0x331,0
x370-0x371 irq 5 drq 0,1 on isa0
APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery
APIC_IO: routing 8254 via IOAPIC #0 intpin 2
ad0: 8063MB <WDC AC28400R> [16383/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <SEAGATE ST39103LW 0002> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da1: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing
Enabled
da1: 8683MB (17783240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1106C)
da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <SEAGATE ST39204LW 0002> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing
Enabled
da0: 8750MB (17921835 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1115C)
cd0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
cd0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6401TA 1009> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
cd0: 20.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15)
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
stone# mptable
==============================================================================
MPTable, version 2.0.15
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MP Floating Pointer Structure:
location: BIOS
physical address: 0x000fb4f0
signature: '_MP_'
length: 16 bytes
version: 1.4
checksum: 0x0d
mode: Virtual Wire
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MP Config Table Header:
physical address: 0x000f2460
signature: 'PCMP'
base table length: 264
version: 1.4
checksum: 0x48
OEM ID: 'INTEL '
Product ID: '440BX '
OEM table pointer: 0x00000000
OEM table size: 0
entry count: 26
local APIC address: 0xfee00000
extended table length: 16
extended table checksum: 234
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MP Config Base Table Entries:
--
Processors: APIC ID Version State Family Model Step
Flags
0 0x11 BSP, usable 6 5 2
0x183fb
ff
--
Bus: Bus ID Type
0 PCI
1 PCI
2 ISA
--
I/O APICs: APIC ID Version State Address
2 0x11 usable 0xfec00000
--
I/O Ints: Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC ID
PIN#
ExtINT conforms conforms 2 0 2
0
INT conforms conforms 2 1 2
1
INT conforms conforms 2 0 2
2
INT conforms conforms 2 3 2
3
INT conforms conforms 2 4 2
4
INT conforms conforms 2 5 2
5
INT conforms conforms 2 6 2
6
INT conforms conforms 2 7 2
7
INT active-hi edge 2 8 2
8
INT conforms conforms 2 9 2
9
INT conforms conforms 2 12 2
12
INT conforms conforms 2 13 2
13
INT conforms conforms 2 14 2
14
INT conforms conforms 2 15 2
15
INT active-lo level 2 10 2
16
INT active-lo level 2 11 2
17
INT active-lo level 2 11 2
18
INT active-lo level 2 11 2
19
SMI conforms conforms 2 0 2
23
--
Local Ints: Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC ID
PIN#
ExtINT conforms conforms 0 0:A 255
0
NMI conforms conforms 0 0:A 255
1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MP Config Extended Table Entries:
Extended Table HOSED!
####################################
And yes, I imagine that 'Extended Table HOSED!' is NOT a good sign.
-Marius M. Rex
marius@mail.communityconnect.com
Marius M. Rex MARIUS
2004-Apr-22 15:28 UTC
Networking issue in 4.9-Stable (was: Diagnosing hardware issue?)
Thanks for your suggestions.
Switching the CPUs has made a lot of difference. Now both CPUs show up to
the OS and are usable. If one CPU works is both sockets, and the other
only works in one socket, I think it is safe to say that I have a bad CPU
unit, and the motherboard is likely O.K. I hope that is what it means, as
the CPU is much cheaper/easier to replace.
The Extended table output from 'mptable' is still listed at
'HOSED'. I
imagine you are right that I should not worry about it for now.
But the question still remains as to why my networking is non-functional.
I am using cards I believe to be good. (One that was working on the
machine just before I did a rebuild to STABLE.) I am using cables I know
to be good. I have link lights, and the OS sees the connected cable and
autoselects the correct media type. The source tree it was built under
works on my laptop with networking just fine. But every time I try to
work with networking, I simply get this:
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: device timeout
fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
ether 00:90:27:8a:80:53
media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)
status: active
I am using DHCP in this example, but it does not matter if I set the IP by
hand. The device times out just the same. The other Ethernet card (dc0),
with a different cable, but it too just times out. Normally in this
occasion I would just cvsup again and see if a new buildworld made a
difference.
Well, I will replace the bad CPU and try a rebuild I guess. Perhaps that
will bring some resolution. If anyone can suggest something I can check
in the meantime I would appreciate it. I have not had this trouble in the
past.
-Marius M. Rex
marius@mail.communityconnect.com
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Randy Rowe wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 11:17, Marius M. Rex MARIUS wrote:
> > I recently inherited a dual processor x86 machine for my personal use.
It
> > was supposed to be in fine working condition as a MS-Windows machine,
but upon
> > installing FreeBSD, I have encountered a number of problems I have no
> > doubt that the hardware is the issue, and not FreeBSD.
> >
> > I did a minimal install over the network of 4.7-Release which seemed
to go
> > smoothly. I then tarred up my a 4.9 stable source tree from another
> > machine and transfered it over to the new box. (from March 30th) Build
> > world seemed to go fine. (make buildworld) I tweaked the GENERIC
kernel to add support for
> > the second processor and a sound card. I made and installed the new
> > kernel without any noticeable errors. (make builkernel KERNCONF=STONE
;
> > make installkernel KERNCONF=STONE) The new kernel booted, but the
> > second processor was not recognized. Likewise, my network cards
became
> > unresponsive. (the interfaces would just time out) I now have the
machine
> > in serial console, and am wondering how I figure out what is wrong
with the
> > machine. I assume it is a hardware issue, but as to what is precisely
broken,
> > I do not know. For completeness sake I did the installworld and ran
> > mergmaster, but I am still running on only one processor and no
> > networking.
> >
> > Can anyone give me some pointers on how to start troubleshooting this?
> > The source tree I used seems to work fine on my laptop, so I have
doubt
> > that it is a terrible problem on the other machine.
> >
> > Here is some basic info to give a little background:
> >
> >
> > ######################################
> > stone# uname -a
> > FreeBSD stone.ny.home 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #1: Mon Apr 19
> > 21:42:50 EDT6
> >
> > Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
> > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1994
> > The Regents of the University of California. All rights
reserved.
> > FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #1: Mon Apr 19 21:42:50 EDT 2004
> > root@stone.ny.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STONE
> > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
> > CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (400.91-MHz 686-class CPU)
> > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping = 2
> >
> >
Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CM
> > OV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
> > real memory = 134152192 (131008K bytes)
> > avail memory = 126550016 (123584K bytes)
> > Programming 24 pins in IOAPIC #0
> > IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 -> irq 0
> > IOAPIC #0 intpin 16 -> irq 10
> > IOAPIC #0 intpin 17 -> irq 11
> > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard: 1 CPUs
> > cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee00000
> > io0 (APIC): apic id: 2, version: 0x00170011, at 0xfec00000
> > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03f1000.
> > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> > md0: Malloc disk
> > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> > npx0: INT 16 interface
> > pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on
motherboard
> > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> > agp0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> mem
> > 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff at d
> > evice 0.0 on pci0
> > pcib1: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device
1.0 on pci0
> > pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> > pci1: <ATI Mach64-GB graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 11
> > isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
> > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> > atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xffa0-0xffaf at
device 7.1
> > on pci0
> > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
> > uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port
0xef80-0xef9f irq 11
> > at device 7.2 on pci0
> > usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0
> > usb0: USB revision 1.0
> > uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> > Timecounter "PIIX" frequency 3579545 Hz
> > chip0: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port
0x440-0x44f at
> > device 7.3 on pci0
> > ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem
> > 0xfebff000-0xfebfffff irq 10 at device 15.0 on pci0
> > aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs
> > fxp0: <Intel 82559 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xef00-0xef3f mem
> > 0xfea00000-0xfeaffff
> > f,0xfebfe000-0xfebfefff irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0
> > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:90:27:8a:80:53
> > inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
> > inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> > dc0: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe400-0xe4ff mem
> > 0xfebfdf00-0xfebfdfff irq
> > 11 at device 20.0 on pci0
> > dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:65:b8:e7
> > miibus1: <MII bus> on dc0
> > ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus1
> > ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> > orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem
> > 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xcc7ff,0xcc800-0xcd7ff on isa0
> > pmtimer0 on isa0
> > fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq
2 on isa0
> > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
> > kbd0 at atkbd0
> > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem
0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x100>
> > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> > sio0: type 16550A, console
> > sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> > sio1: type 16550A
> > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
> > plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> > ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> > pcm0: <Yamaha OPL-SAx> at port
> > 0x220-0x22f,0x530-0x537,0x388-0x38b,0x330-0x331,0
> > x370-0x371 irq 5 drq 0,1 on isa0
> > APIC_IO: Testing 8254 interrupt delivery
> > APIC_IO: routing 8254 via IOAPIC #0 intpin 2
> > ad0: 8063MB <WDC AC28400R> [16383/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
> > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
> > da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
> > da1: <SEAGATE ST39103LW 0002> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
> > da1: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing
> > Enabled
> > da1: 8683MB (17783240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1106C)
> > da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> > da0: <SEAGATE ST39204LW 0002> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
> > da0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged
Queueing
> > Enabled
> > da0: 8750MB (17921835 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1115C)
> > cd0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
> > cd0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6401TA 1009> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2
device
> > cd0: 20.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15)
> > cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not
present
> >
> > stone# mptable
> >
==============================================================================>
>
> > MPTable, version 2.0.15
> >
> >
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > MP Floating Pointer Structure:
> >
> > location: BIOS
> > physical address: 0x000fb4f0
> > signature: '_MP_'
> > length: 16 bytes
> > version: 1.4
> > checksum: 0x0d
> > mode: Virtual Wire
> >
> >
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > MP Config Table Header:
> >
> > physical address: 0x000f2460
> > signature: 'PCMP'
> > base table length: 264
> > version: 1.4
> > checksum: 0x48
> > OEM ID: 'INTEL '
> > Product ID: '440BX '
> > OEM table pointer: 0x00000000
> > OEM table size: 0
> > entry count: 26
> > local APIC address: 0xfee00000
> > extended table length: 16
> > extended table checksum: 234
> >
> >
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > MP Config Base Table Entries:
> >
> > --
> > Processors: APIC ID Version State Family Model Step
> > Flags
> > 0 0x11 BSP, usable 6 5 2
> > 0x183fb
> > ff
> > --
> > Bus: Bus ID Type
> > 0 PCI
> > 1 PCI
> > 2 ISA
> > --
> > I/O APICs: APIC ID Version State Address
> > 2 0x11 usable 0xfec00000
> > --
> > I/O Ints: Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC
ID
> > PIN#
> > ExtINT conforms conforms 2 0
2
> > 0
> > INT conforms conforms 2 1
2
> > 1
> > INT conforms conforms 2 0
2
> > 2
> > INT conforms conforms 2 3
2
> > 3
> > INT conforms conforms 2 4
2
> > 4
> > INT conforms conforms 2 5
2
> > 5
> > INT conforms conforms 2 6
2
> > 6
> > INT conforms conforms 2 7
2
> > 7
> > INT active-hi edge 2 8
2
> > 8
> > INT conforms conforms 2 9
2
> > 9
> > INT conforms conforms 2 12
2
> > 12
> > INT conforms conforms 2 13
2
> > 13
> > INT conforms conforms 2 14
2
> > 14
> > INT conforms conforms 2 15
2
> > 15
> > INT active-lo level 2 10
2
> > 16
> > INT active-lo level 2 11
2
> > 17
> > INT active-lo level 2 11
2
> > 18
> > INT active-lo level 2 11
2
> > 19
> > SMI conforms conforms 2 0
2
> > 23
> > --
> > Local Ints: Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC
ID
> > PIN#
> > ExtINT conforms conforms 0 0:A
255
> > 0
> > NMI conforms conforms 0 0:A
255
> > 1
> >
> >
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > MP Config Extended Table Entries:
> >
> > Extended Table HOSED!
> >
> >
> > ####################################
> >
> > And yes, I imagine that 'Extended Table HOSED!' is NOT a good
sign.
> >
> >
> > -Marius M. Rex
> > marius@mail.communityconnect.com
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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"freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
>
> Try swapping the micros. Then try swapping the VRU (or whatever they're
> calling it for that particular motherboard :-) , the voltage regulator
> unit or power module).
>
> During the initial boot up when you have a few seconds, hit a key and
> then type "boot -v" to get verbose boot information.
>
> If 4.7 worked and you can return to 4.7, write a dmesg of a boot -v to
> disk, update to 4.9 and then do a diff between the 2 dmesg's for a hint
> on what happened to the interface. Installing from a cd is the best bet.
> Or for that matter use the 2nd iso in the set to boot to a cd and get a
> dmesg from fixit mode.
>
> Extended table hosed isn't necessarily a bad thing. From what I've
seen
> in the lists (and on my Compaq servers) it's a motherboard issue that
> won't stop it from running multiple processors. You just need to figure
> out why it only recognizes the one micro.
>
> Good luck.
> Randy
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