MADT enumeration for x86_64

[Robert Garrett]

John Marino wrote:

>  >Am 24.09.2010 01:10, schrieb Matthew Dillon:
>  >>     Heh.  My test box froze solid with the MADT stuff.  I had to put
>  >>     hw.madt_probe_test=1 in my /boot/loader.conf to get the system
>  >>     to boot.  (Phenom x 6 Gigabyte 880GMA-UD2H MB).
>  >>
>  >>     At the moment I'm not sure where the problem is.
>  >>   
>  >
>  >Same on my Phenom x 4 ASUS board. With hw.madt_probe_test=1 it started
>  >to boot, but the boot was very slow and sluggish. After it completed to
>  >boot, and I ran a few programs, it somehow deadlocked without giving any
>  >message on the console.
>  >
>  >There are some more patches by Sephe which I'll apply to x86_64.
>  >
>  >Regards,
>  >
>  >  Michael
> 
> 
> This recent patch may explain why the latest x86_64 developmental
> snapshot crashes in a 32-bit version of VirtualBox 3.2.8.  This was
> covered in IRC, but the Sept 27th snapshot crashes very soon after the
> kernel loads in the 32-bit version of VirtualBox. I confirmed this on
> both OpenSolaris and Windows XP. Apparently it does not crash in a
> 64-bit version of Vista according to swildner.
> 
> It was suggested that I escape to the loader and set
> hw.madt_probe_test=1 before booting the kernel.  I did this, and I was
> able to boot the snapshot. This is definitely a regression because I've
> been running 64-bit DFly 2.6 release on a 32-bit VBox for months without
> issue.
> 
> I imagine anyone with access to a 32-bit version of Vbox could reproduce
> what I'm seeing easily.
> 
> Regards,
> John

I would like to add that even with the sysctl, he had issues with it working
intermttently. 

RG