On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 17:51 -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Hi, Mahlon--
>
> On Jul 22, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Mahlon E. Smith wrote:
> > Install worked great, though it appears I need to keep hyperthreading
> > ("logical processors" bios option) disabled for it to boot reliably.
> > Similar errors as before if I enable it.
>
> I believe FreeBSD ships with MAXCPU set to 32 by default (check "sysctl kern.smp.maxcpus"); your machine with hyperthreading enabled probably goes past that #, which is why it crashes with the topology error being reported....
>
> Regards,
confirmed.
Yahoo has modified FreeBSD SMP CPU code to handle up to 64 CPUS, I think
I'll take a look at it and try to get it committed to HEAD today.
Sean
_______________________________________________
freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"