From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 22:47:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB3410656C6; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:47:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BDC88FC1B; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:47:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (pool-98-109-39-197.nwrknj.fios.verizon.net [98.109.39.197]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 271D746B2D; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:47:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0FMkttK004922; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:47:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Jung-uk Kim Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:03:33 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200901051616.39069.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200901051616.39069.jkim@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="euc-kr" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200901151703.33608.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:47:24 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/8870/Thu Jan 15 15:57:00 2009 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Via Nano CPU: Can boot 7.0-RELEASE-amd64, can't boot 7.1-RELEASE-amd64: "cpu doesn't support long mode" X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:47:39 -0000 On Monday 05 January 2009 4:16:36 pm Jung-uk Kim wrote: > On Monday 05 January 2009 02:24 pm, Koen Smits wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have some problems getting FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE amd64 to boot on > > my VIA VB8001, which is a mini-ITX board with the new VIA Nano CPU. > > This CPU is fully 64bit capable. But, when I try to boot Disc1 from > > an IDE CD-ROM I get the error "cpu doesn't support long mode", > > which implies the CPU can't do 64bit, and booting halts asking for > > a kernel. > > The first thing I tried was running ubuntu 8.10 64bit. It installs > > and runs fine. And, trying FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Disc1 amd64 also > > boots and installs normally! > > Any help on fixing this is much appreciated. > > See: > > http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=183667 > http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=183823 > > I am not sure removing Via CPU support was intentional, though. Definitely not. At the time the kernel didn't support the Via CPU either. It seems you have fixed both the loader and kernel since, however. -- John Baldwin