From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 2 11:03:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17FFC16A41F; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:03:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao01.cox.net (eastrmmtao01.cox.net [68.230.240.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F45343D45; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:03:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([68.14.59.177]) by eastrmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060402110326.QPGW3988.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@serene.no-ip.org>; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 07:03:26 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k32B3TXP002941; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 06:03:29 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 06:03:23 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: John Baldwin Message-Id: <20060402060323.cbe762a7.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200603290842.40970.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20060329020527.f8f087a4.conrads@cox.net> <200603290842.40970.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.3 (GTK+ 2.8.16; amd64-unknown-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device atpic to be deprecated? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:03:30 -0000 On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:42:40 -0500 John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 03:05 am, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > While searching the mailing lists recently on an unrelated subject, I > > happened across a message mentioning the intended removal of "device atpic" > > in 7.0. So, I tried building a kernel without it on my RELENG_6 amd64 box > > (nVidia nForce 3 chipset) and discovered that it was unable to mount the > > root slice. > > > > Naturally, I'm a little concerned about this. :-) > > Some more details would be handy. :) Is your machine UP or SMP? It's a uniprocessor box: FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #4: Fri Mar 31 18:42:21 CST 2006 conrads@serene.no-ip.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (1995.01-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0xf4a Stepping = 10 Features=0x78bfbff AMD Features=0xe0500800 real memory = 1073479680 (1023 MB) avail memory = 1026379776 (978 MB) ACPI APIC Table: ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard acpi0: on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0 (...) > > Is the plan still in effect to abolish this device? > > Yes, if it works for folks. I'll do a few more test kernels in the days to come after each cvsup and see if this problem persists, or if it may even turn out to have been something completely unrelated. Thanks for the interest. -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"