Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:05:05 -0500 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Call for Tests] PAT issue on Apple hardware Message-ID: <201011161505.07740.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20101116203348.3c1e6b4e@davenulle.org> References: <201011152036.48181.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20101116203348.3c1e6b4e@davenulle.org>
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On Tuesday 16 November 2010 02:33 pm, Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: > Le Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:36:42 -0500, > > Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> a écrit : > > Often times I hear complaints like "my Mac hangs after upgrading > > to 8.1" or "snapshot CD hangs on my brand new Mac". I know some > > of these complaints started happening when we switched to new PAT > > layout. It is so puzzling because it never happened on non-Apple > > hardware, AFAIK. I really like to fix this problem but I cannot > > afford a Mac. :-P > > Thanks. > > > If you are one of those lucky people, please test the attached > > patch and report your hardware model and any improvement or > > regression. > > Shall we test if the model is not listed in the patch and already > works fine? (I'm using a MacBookPro3,1 on FreeBSD 8.1) > > if (strncmp(sysenv, "MacBook5,1", 10) > strncmp(sysenv, "MacBookPro5,5", > strncmp(sysenv, "Macmini3,1", 10) > strncmp(sysenv, "iMac9,1", 7) == 0) There's no need if it already works fine. It seems the new PAT layout only broke recent models with NVidia chipset. Also, this patch won't apply to stable pmap.c. Actually, I am working on more complex version now. When I am done, I'll make patches for both branches. Thanks, Jung-uk Kim
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