Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:40:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/55473: Mouse broken on some AWARD BIOS with ACPI enabled Message-ID: <200310210240.h9L2eFAC066731@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/55473; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, shizukakudo_99@yahoo.com, strick@covad.net Cc: Subject: Re: i386/55473: Mouse broken on some AWARD BIOS with ACPI enabled Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:30:48 -0700 This bug (or "glitch", depending on your point of view) report, i386/55473, was submitted with a non-critical Severity level parameter and a medium Priority level. I think this bug report should be taken much more seriously by the FreeBSD person who eventually processes this bug report. A workstation is essentially useless without a working mouse. I happen to be one of the unlucky people with an AWARD BIOS that is subject to this bug. The misbehavior came and went with the phases of the moon. I became immensely frustrated and more than a little depressed. If I had not found this problem report and hacked acpi_pci_link.c to make the problem go away, I would have had to abandon FreeBSD release 5.1 and would not have been able to use my new PC for many months. (I am quite grateful to Shizuka Kudo for submitting this problem report.) Please make sure this nasty bug gets noticed and fixed in the FreeBSD CURRENT development branch. Thanks, Dan Strick strick@covad.net
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