From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 11:47:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FC67106566B for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:47:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAD3B8FC23 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:47:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m8HBlIVm082371; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m8HBlI7F082370; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:18 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200809171147.m8HBlI7F082370@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:19 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: ACPI "blacklist" question X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:47:21 -0000 Hello, I have recently updated a machine to 7-stable. ACPI doesn't seem to work correctly on this machine. With earlier versions of FreeBSD (including the latest RELENG_6), I got this line in dmesg: ACPI disabled by blacklist. Contact your BIOS vendor. And everything was fine. The box runs perfectly well with ACPI disabled. (I can't get a BIOS update because the mainboard is too old.) When I updated to RELENG_7 a few days ago, the above line did _not_ appear anymore, and the machine didn't proceed to boot, so I had to travel to the console. :-( After disabling ACPI manually via boot.conf hint, it is up and running fine again. Now i'm wondering: Has the ACPI blacklist been removed intentionally, or is this a regression? Certainly I did not find any mentioning of it in UPDATING or anywhere else. Best regards Oliver PS: This is a Gigabyte GA-6BXD board with two Celeron-466 processors on it. Apart from not wanting ACPI it is rock- solid, and I expect it to be in production for DNS, packet filtering, mail backup and small web server for at least another 10 years. -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "anyone new to programming should be kept as far from C++ as possible; actually showing the stuff should be considered a criminal offence" -- Jacek Generowicz