Adding SMP support

Hello All;
	I just got my new system up and running with eCS 2.0 beta 2 and now I'd
like to add SMP support. Ist let me congratulate the eCS team, this was
the easiest install since I switched to eCS. I have an ASUS A8V
motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200, Seagate 300G HD, 1G Dual
Channel DDR and an 256MB Sapphire Atlantis ATI 9600 Pro video card. The
motherboard has a Marvel Yukon gigabit onboard lan which works with the
'Yukon' package found on Hobbes. The ALC850 works great with the latest
Uniaud drivers.
	The WinXP install was another matter.
	Now I want to install SMP support. I have all the files installed in my
eCSMT download directory ready to go but I am wondering if there is any
special order that I should install them in? Note that some of the names
of the files that I downloaded from Mensys do not match the files
specified in the SMP readme file. Should I rename them to match the
readme? Note also that not all of the downloaded files show up in eCSMT.
Should I avoid a reboot until all the SMP files are installed? What
updates should I avoid installing on an eCS v2.0 b2 installed to a
Bootable JFS partition?

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:02:34 UTC, Keith Marjerison 
<k.marjerisonstopspam@sasktel.net> wrote:

> Hello All;
> 	I just got my new system up and running with eCS 2.0 beta 2 and now I'd
> like to add SMP support. Ist let me congratulate the eCS team, this was
> the easiest install since I switched to eCS. I have an ASUS A8V
> motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200, Seagate 300G HD, 1G Dual
> Channel DDR and an 256MB Sapphire Atlantis ATI 9600 Pro video card. The
> motherboard has a Marvel Yukon gigabit onboard lan which works with the
> 'Yukon' package found on Hobbes. The ALC850 works great with the latest
> Uniaud drivers.
> 	The WinXP install was another matter.
> 	Now I want to install SMP support. I have all the files installed in my
> eCSMT download directory ready to go but I am wondering if there is any
> special order that I should install them in? Note that some of the names
> of the files that I downloaded from Mensys do not match the files
> specified in the SMP readme file. Should I rename them to match the
> readme? Note also that not all of the downloaded files show up in eCSMT.

I would download the current eCS MT beta (2.1.9.3 k).  The only reason 
it is not the main eCS MT program is that I am awaiting the 
www.ecomstation.com move.  After installing ecsmt2193k.exe, open eCS MT,
select the drive that you want to install SMP support on (if it is not 
the only drive),   Select File->eCS MT Setup, and make sure that Support
SMP Updates box is checked.  After exiting setup, you should find the 
SMP support in the Optional Updates.

You should have only one file to download from Mensys, ps_c005.zip.

> Should I avoid a reboot until all the SMP files are installed? What
> updates should I avoid installing on an eCS v2.0 b2 installed to a
> Bootable JFS partition?

Do not install the JFS14105 update.

> Thanks for any and all replies in advance.

-- 
Chuck McKinnis
mckinnis@sandia.net
Covenant Solutions

Chuck McKinnis wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:02:34 UTC, Keith Marjerison 
> <k.marjerisonstopspam@sasktel.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hello All;
>> 	I just got my new system up and running with eCS 2.0 beta 2 and now
I'd
>> like to add SMP support. Ist let me congratulate the eCS team, this
was
>> the easiest install since I switched to eCS. I have an ASUS A8V
>> motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200, Seagate 300G HD, 1G Dual
>> Channel DDR and an 256MB Sapphire Atlantis ATI 9600 Pro video card.
The
>> motherboard has a Marvel Yukon gigabit onboard lan which works with
the
>> 'Yukon' package found on Hobbes. The ALC850 works great with the
latest
>> Uniaud drivers.
>> 	The WinXP install was another matter.
>> 	Now I want to install SMP support. I have all the files installed in
my
>> eCSMT download directory ready to go but I am wondering if there is
any
>> special order that I should install them in? Note that some of the
names
>> of the files that I downloaded from Mensys do not match the files
>> specified in the SMP readme file. Should I rename them to match the
>> readme? Note also that not all of the downloaded files show up in
eCSMT.
> 
> I would download the current eCS MT beta (2.1.9.3 k).  The only reason 
> it is not the main eCS MT program is that I am awaiting the 
> www.ecomstation.com move.  After installing ecsmt2193k.exe, open eCS MT,
> select the drive that you want to install SMP support on (if it is not 
> the only drive),   Select File->eCS MT Setup, and make sure that
Support
> SMP Updates box is checked.  After exiting setup, you should find the 
> SMP support in the Optional Updates.
> 
> You should have only one file to download from Mensys, ps_c005.zip.
> 
>> Should I avoid a reboot until all the SMP files are installed? What
>> updates should I avoid installing on an eCS v2.0 b2 installed to a
>> Bootable JFS partition?
> 
> Do not install the JFS14105 update.
> 
>> Thanks for any and all replies in advance.
> 
Hello Chuck;
	I installed the SMP support in 'Optional Updates' and rebooted and got
an error about 'acpica.add' not loading, then it reports 2 processors
initialized and then the 'APCI-CA' copyright notice and it boots
normally. I went back into eCSMT and installed the top 3 updates (no JFS
updates) and after the 3rd it said there were locked files and needed a
reboot.
The 'apcica.add' error went away and now it only reports one processor
initialized.It hangs on the reboot after the uniaud drivers load. My
optical USB mouse never turns on and the USB keyboard is dead. I left it
sitting for an hour and nothing happens. I had to power off and then on
to get it to reboot. On reboot it tries to process locked files again
and then hangs at the same spot as before. How do I back out of an
update from the command line? Is it easier to just reformat and start
over again?

Keith Marjerison wrote:
> Chuck McKinnis wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:02:34 UTC, Keith Marjerison 
>> <k.marjerisonstopspam@sasktel.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All;
>>> 	I just got my new system up and running with eCS 2.0 beta 2 and
now I'd
>>> like to add SMP support. Ist let me congratulate the eCS team, this
was
>>> the easiest install since I switched to eCS. I have an ASUS A8V
>>> motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200, Seagate 300G HD, 1G
Dual
>>> Channel DDR and an 256MB Sapphire Atlantis ATI 9600 Pro video card.
The
>>> motherboard has a Marvel Yukon gigabit onboard lan which works with
the
>>> 'Yukon' package found on Hobbes. The ALC850 works great with the
latest
>>> Uniaud drivers.
>>> 	The WinXP install was another matter.
>>> 	Now I want to install SMP support. I have all the files installed
in my
>>> eCSMT download directory ready to go but I am wondering if there is
any
>>> special order that I should install them in? Note that some of the
names
>>> of the files that I downloaded from Mensys do not match the files
>>> specified in the SMP readme file. Should I rename them to match
the
>>> readme? Note also that not all of the downloaded files show up in
eCSMT.
>> I would download the current eCS MT beta (2.1.9.3 k).  The only reason

>> it is not the main eCS MT program is that I am awaiting the 
>> www.ecomstation.com move.  After installing ecsmt2193k.exe, open eCS
MT,
>> select the drive that you want to install SMP support on (if it is not

>> the only drive),   Select File->eCS MT Setup, and make sure that
Support
>> SMP Updates box is checked.  After exiting setup, you should find the 
>> SMP support in the Optional Updates.
>>
>> You should have only one file to download from Mensys, ps_c005.zip.
>>
>>> Should I avoid a reboot until all the SMP files are installed?
What
>>> updates should I avoid installing on an eCS v2.0 b2 installed to a
>>> Bootable JFS partition?
>> Do not install the JFS14105 update.
>>
>>> Thanks for any and all replies in advance.
> Hello Chuck;
> 	I installed the SMP support in 'Optional Updates' and rebooted and got
> an error about 'acpica.add' not loading, then it reports 2 processors
> initialized and then the 'APCI-CA' copyright notice and it boots
> normally. I went back into eCSMT and installed the top 3 updates (no JFS
> updates) and after the 3rd it said there were locked files and needed a
> reboot.
> The 'apcica.add' error went away and now it only reports one processor
> initialized.It hangs on the reboot after the uniaud drivers load. My
> optical USB mouse never turns on and the USB keyboard is dead. I left it
> sitting for an hour and nothing happens. I had to power off and then on
> to get it to reboot. On reboot it tries to process locked files again
> and then hangs at the same spot as before. How do I back out of an
> update from the command line? Is it easier to just reformat and start
> over again?
> Thanks for any help in advance.
Hello All;
	I couldn't boot to a command prompt so I had to reinstall.
	When I got it up and running again, I used eCSMT to install most of the
updates. There was an update in 'Optional Updates' called 'IBM MCP/ACP
Fixpack XR0C005' that warns about updating a bootable JFS drive so I
canceled it and went straight to the 'SMP Support (XR_C005+). There was
an error reported in the installation but I think it worked anyway. I am
 still getting the error for 'acpica.add' before it initializes 2
processors and then posts the 'ACPI-CA driver for eComStation v 2.06'
trademark notice. I thought that this means the driver has loaded OK?
Could the 'acpica.add' error be from a leftover statement in
'config.sys'? Do I need both the 'os2apic.psd' and the 'acpica.add'
statements? Should the 'os2apic.psd' statement be the 1st in
'config.sys'? Note that I can no longer use the soft off power feature
after SMP install.

On 07/15/06 05:07 pm Keith Marjerison wrote:

> 	I couldn't boot to a command prompt so I had to reinstall.
> 	When I got it up and running again, I used eCSMT to install most of the
> updates. There was an update in 'Optional Updates' called 'IBM MCP/ACP
> Fixpack XR0C005' that warns about updating a bootable JFS drive so I
> canceled it and went straight to the 'SMP Support (XR_C005+). There was
> an error reported in the installation but I think it worked anyway. I am
>  still getting the error for 'acpica.add' before it initializes 2
> processors and then posts the 'ACPI-CA driver for eComStation v 2.06'
> trademark notice. I thought that this means the driver has loaded OK?
> Could the 'acpica.add' error be from a leftover statement in
> 'config.sys'? Do I need both the 'os2apic.psd' and the 'acpica.add'
> statements? Should the 'os2apic.psd' statement be the 1st in
> 'config.sys'? Note that I can no longer use the soft off power feature
> after SMP install.
> Thanks for any help in advance.

I don't yet have all the kinks worked out of my SMP + AMD Dual-core 
system, but AFAIK OS2APIC.PSD is the "official" IBM SMP enabler,
whereas 
the combination of ACPI.PSD and ACPICA.ADD (at the BetaZone) are an 
independent effort intended to accomplish the same result on a greater 
variety of hardware and without paying mucho $$$ to IBM. I *think* that 
ACPICA.ADD and OS2APIC.PSD are incompatible and that ACPICA.ADD works 
only with ACPI.ADD.

BTW, the ACPI package is now up to ver. 2.10.

There is an APM package that is supposed to work with the ACPI stuff, 
but reboot and power off don't work reliably on my system either.

HTH

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