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> From: Quincey Koziol <koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:01:35 -0600 (CST)
> 
>     Ok, I managed to copy the source code off of the 5.2.1-RELEASE CD-ROM and
> (after hacking the makefiles a bit) build a new world & kernel.  However, after
> installing the new kernel (and rebooting in single user, with ACPI disabled),
> I'm back to the same behavior as when I boot the 5.2.1 CD-ROM itself - the
> system is _glacially_ slow, taking many, many minutes to make progress in
> booting and making interactive use (at the console, since network connections
> always time-out) extremely difficult.

This is not normal.  Does the i386 CD do this too?  Can you disable ACPI in the
system ROM setup?

>     Is this a general symptom of amd64 machines that others have seen?  Would
> disabling "INVARIANTS" or "WITNESS" in the GENERIC kernel build help?  Or, has
> this been addressed in 5-CURRENT and I just need the most recent source?
> Could anyone help me out by providing a .tgz of a recent /usr/src?

Does your GENERIC enable WITNESS? I don't think it ships that way.