From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 7 22:59:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CFB31065671 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:59:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sroberts@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from rutherford.zen.co.uk (rutherford.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.142]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D43828FC25 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:59:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sroberts@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [82.68.31.182] (helo=Demon.vickiandstacey.com) by rutherford.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JXlWr-0005bK-Mt; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:59:09 +0000 Received: from localhost.vickiandstacey.com ([192.168.1.4]) by Demon.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m27Mvc9V001902; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:57:38 GMT (envelope-from sroberts@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from localhost.vickiandstacey.com (localhost.vickiandstacey.com [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m27MvQnW007541; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:57:26 GMT (envelope-from sroberts@localhost.vickiandstacey.com) Received: (from sroberts@localhost) by localhost.vickiandstacey.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m27MvPnL007540; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:57:25 GMT (envelope-from sroberts) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:57:25 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts To: Bob Johnson Message-ID: <20080307225725.GC1389@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> Mail-Followup-To: Bob Johnson , stacey@vickiandstacey.com, FreeBSD Questions References: <20080307201337.GB1389@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> <54db43990803071442j6e8db53ch356a482c440a424e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54db43990803071442j6e8db53ch356a482c440a424e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Originating-Rutherford-IP: [82.68.31.182] Cc: FreeBSD Questions , stacey@vickiandstacey.com Subject: Re: panic: No BIOS smap info from loader: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=111955 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:59:20 -0000 Hi Bob, Thanks for the response.., On Fri, 07 Mar 2008, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 3/7/08, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hello, > > Is anyone aware if this issue is fixed in FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE / STABLE? > > > > It is NOT fixed in -RELEASE and I doubt it is fixed in -STABLE. > Yeah.., I suspected as much.., > Yep. The HP BIOS is a bit bogus. It won't reveal memory information to > the AMD64 boot code. On the off-chance that there might be a vendor issue, I *DID* request our IT Dept to flash the BIOS on the workstation to see if a later revision might help in the meantime - can't hurt, will see next week when I can take another crack at this.., > > Does anyone have any idea as to where this is heading, or if there's a call > > out > > for users to submit more information, or volounteer to test suggested > > workarounds? > > I believe the status is "the problem is understood but the solution > will take a lot of time." > > I have one of those idiot boxes and FreeBSD i386 boots fine on it, and > runs mostly well, so if that's acceptable to you, that's the > workaround. The only problems I've had with i386 are that the video > card is a bit goofy (I've mostly solved that) and the sound system > acts strange (which I haven't had time to investigate), but other than > that it seems to run fine. But I won't voluntarily have anything to do > with another HP computer if I can avoid it -- this thing didn't even > have correct Windows drivers for some of its hardware. I did see references to this workaround, but was hoping that there might have been something "hot off the presses" I could try to work with.., Will give it a bit of time to see what develops - there *are* "other options" available to us, but it'd be great to maintain FreeBSD presence where possible. Thanks for the information and advice! Regards, S Roberts > > - Bob > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"