DragonFlyBSD

Hi Tomaž,

I have a D945GCLF2, with atom 330, works nice with SMP,
just leave `options APIC_IO' out of kernel config.

-thomas

Do you think we can debug the cause of this problem? I'd like to slowly fix APIC_IO support so that in the distant future it could become a default (instead of using PIC).

cheers
simon

:
:Thomas Nikolajsen (via DragonFly issue tracker) wrote:
:> I have a D945GCLF2, with atom 330, works nice with SMP,
:> just leave `options APIC_IO' out of kernel config.
:
:Do you think we can debug the cause of this problem? I'd like to slowly fix APIC_IO support so that in the distant future it could become a default (instead of using PIC).
:
:cheers
: simon

This just goes back to the ACPI interrupt routing issue.  The PCI bios
    just doesn't work on most PCs.  APIC_IO is broken because we currently
    rely on the MP table, and the MP table does not supply the correct
    interrupt routing information on many BIOSes.

-Matt
                    Matthew Dillon 
                    <dillon@backplane.com>

Hi,

Afaik, a while ago Sepherosa changed fixed some MP issues by ignoring the
MPTable (when it wasn't available or couldn't be read) and trusting on ACPI
instead MADT. Did the APIC_IO get better after this?

Cheers,
Antonio Huete

Antonio Huete Jimenez <tuxillo@quantumachine.net> added the comment:

Hi,

Afaik, a while ago Sepherosa changed fixed some MP issues by ignoring the
MPTable (when it wasn't available or couldn't be read) and trusting on
ACPI
instead MADT. Did the APIC_IO get better after this?

As far as I remember, no. APIC_IO didnt get updated. I know my laptop only
boots with APIC_IO disabled. Does anyone know whats happening with Sephe?

Petr