Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 09:45:35 -0400 From: "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1-BETA2 FAILURE on IBM A30p Thinkpad Message-ID: <bbnhdf$el1$2@main.gmane.org> References: <jesse@wingnet.net> <20030526033737.D2F455D04@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: >> From: "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> >> Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 02:12:32 -0400 >> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org >> >> >> "Andre Guibert de Bruet" <andy@siliconlandmark.com> wrote in message >> news:20030523145802.U75651@alpha.siliconlandmark.com... >> > Jesse, >> > >> > IBM just released (As of 5/20/2003) a new version (1EET70WW (1.16)) of >> > your laptop's BIOS. Could you update it and see if it helps any? >> >> These kernel panics still occur with the 1.16 BIOS. >> >> As an update, I have successfully installed 5.0-RELEASE on this laptop >> without any kernel panics. However, neither ACPI or APM works. If I >> disable ACPI then the kernel locks up right before it detects my keyboard >> controller. >> >> I'm beginning to get discouraged. > > Does you r kernel configuration have: > options DISABLE_PSE > options DISABLE_PG_G > > I just discovered that a kernel built with these options will not boot > on my ThinkPad T30 unless I remove APM. Well, apparently Thomas Girard discovered the problem for me. Entering: set hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1 at the loader prompt in 5.1-RC1 (and probably both BETAs) fixes everything right up! I'll be returning to my favorite O/S, FreeBSD, from Debian Linux with the release of 5.1-RELEASE. Hurray! -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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