From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 21:04:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83D6A16A469 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:04:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE8B13C49D for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:04:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so1264539nfb for ; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:03:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=7AL60m+rv8Th3wjQJEr9lT4wwl+m/pg9/01s31Qdh5c=; b=haUGnaqFkQW/f5yL13Pj5cshKYhGXi4SiSdP1FKoMgcG24i/Zz0l+y8IKlyNpmsC/2WchSJ+TzgdDkzwuXM3GAya58wjsGwqBO4exorWgGfb9F7HjlPkVvFGrMBIjP5nLThlrWHMZ/W3PeGPX2cy0UgEaagC9VWHSLlFBXeKVjY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HmHBTUJ1/5wuqo4fGn3K/n2t693qSohKDE2cSxJ/92LP/nxnlubAcoPsowOQgKpJiTFqpobFicpKJ0J60rgMyvxQdyh8Zq1wB/AEH+iX2qPWZ41SE2gYtAceWrtPyR7cZxJbk5skDcRAzkBOQh3At1RB/5bypmT0kRN7+jbmIzQ= Received: by 10.86.89.4 with SMTP id m4mr3720800fgb.1194295132152; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:38:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.2.1 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:38:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499c70c0711051238o2463bbefx56856dfdb31f31cf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:38:52 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "John Baldwin" In-Reply-To: <200711051415.53489.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <6eb82e0711010634x5f70e974i78c505d8eda24223@mail.gmail.com> <54db43990711050652v1cf7a2e8ra1fcbdfe3e1a436e@mail.gmail.com> <54db43990711050848i67b54bfbuc290414e6f4847f7@mail.gmail.com> <200711051415.53489.jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: panic: no BIOS SMAP info from loader 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: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:04:03 -0000 On Nov 5, 2007 10:15 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Monday 05 November 2007 11:48:07 am Bob Johnson wrote: > > On 11/5/07, Bob Johnson wrote: > > > > > My web searches on this indicated that when HP first introduced these > > > systems, they had the same problem with Linux. HP provided a patch > > > that allows recent Linux kernels to boot. Older i386 FreeBSDs also can > > > not boot on my HP dc7700. So it appears someone has already fixed this > > > for i386, but no one has moved it to AMD64. > > > > > > I don't remember which i386 versions work or don't work, but I can > > > start booting install disks and find out. > > > > Hmmm. Maybe I should retract that. I cannot find an i386 install CD > > that won't boot on it. I've tried 7.0-BETA1, 6.2-STABLEsnap200708, > > 6.2-RC1, 6.1-RELEASE, 6.0-BETA2, 6.0-BETA1, 5.3-RC1 (hangs probing > > ATA1), 4.5-RELEASE, and 4.3-RELEASE. But I thought I remembered being > > unable to boot some i386 install CDs in it. > > Without an SMAP, FreeBSD/i386 is only going to find about 64M of RAM on the > box though. Do you know what the patch was that HP provided for Linux? I > wasn't able to find it. If you disable ACPI is FreeBSD/i386 able to see all > of the RAM in the box? > > -- > John Baldwin John, This one? http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8833 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118809338631160&w=2 -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/