From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 14:50:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2942F16A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:50:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail2.speakeasy.net (mail2.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 297CC43FDD for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:50:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 26264 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2003 22:50:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 2 Dec 2003 22:50:07 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB2MnwFn004367; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:50:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:49:59 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: John Polstra X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: PII SMP system hangs during boot with ACPI enabled X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:50:19 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:50:19 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:50:19 -0000 On 23-Nov-2003 John Polstra wrote: > I have an old dual PII/400 system that I'm trying to set up as a > -current scratchbox. The motherboard is a Tyan S1836DLUAN with the > Intel 440BX chipset. I upgraded the BIOS to the latest from Tyan's > web site. It is supposed to support ACPI. I'm using -current from > around noon Pacific time, November 23 (today). > > The system boots and runs fine if I disable ACPI either in loader.conf > or in the BIOS, but if ACPI is enabled it hangs fairly late in the > boot, right after these messages: > > lo0: bpf attached > acpi_cpu0: set speed to 100.0% > acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 8 steps (100% to 12.5%), currently 100.0% > > It's not a totally solid hang. For instance, the scroll lock key > works and allows me to scroll forward and backward through the > syscons output. > > I've attached the verbose boot messages. Is this system Just Too Old? Try http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/acpi_irq.patch -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/