Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:27:18 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Fred Koschara <fkeinternet@FKEInternet.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0, ThinkPad 600, dc0: watchdog timeout - ACPI? Message-ID: <448A11E6.7040508@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20060609152626.U60598@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <6.1.2.0.1.20060606011859.0b62f0a0@mail.FKEInternet.com> <20060609152626.U60598@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Fred Koschara wrote: > >> I just purchased another ThinkPad 600 and installed FreeBSD 6.0, >> expecting it would go as smoothly as had my previous installations of >> FreeBSD on my Web, database and nameservers, on the desktop machine on >> which I'm experimenting with FreeBSD programming, and on the Dell >> Latitude where FreeBSD is one of the 5 operating systems I have >> installed. Thanks for providing your experience, Doug. > The TP600s require some special hacks to get going. I have a 600E that I > put 6.1 on a couple of weeks ago and needed to do the following: > > 1. Update to the latest BIOS and embedded controller firmware. This is ALWAYS #1 on the list of solutions, don't submit a complaint until you've done this. > 2. Boot into DOS with the PS2.EXE tool and disable all of the devices > you aren't using. Make sure at least 3 IRQs are assigned to PCI (I have > 9, 10, and 11 assigned). 3. Add 'hw.cbb.memory=0xd8000' to > /boot/loader.conf. You probably just have to disable the 2ndary ATA bus (the one on the docking station). Or maybe acpi_dock (only in -current) would help. -- Nate
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