From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 16:42:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B18C16A420 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:42:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail5.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC71D43D53 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:42:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 1709435 for multiple; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:44:19 -0500 Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jAAGg7p0066514; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:42:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: sean@mcneil.com Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:11:11 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <200511091604.49891.jhb@freebsd.org> <1131570755.1478.5.camel@triton.mcneil.com> In-Reply-To: <1131570755.1478.5.camel@triton.mcneil.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511101111.12189.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: Roman Neuhauser , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems booting recompiled 5.4-kernel (Was: amd64 does not see all 4 GB RAM on tyan GT24) 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: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:42:20 -0000 On Wednesday 09 November 2005 04:12 pm, Sean McNeil wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 16:04 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 November 2005 02:47 pm, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > # jhb@freebsd.org / 2005-11-09 10:22:07 -0500: > > > > On Wednesday 09 November 2005 04:22 am, Claus Guttesen wrote: > > > > > I tried FreeBSD 6.0 a few days ago and I seem to recall that the > > > > > above mentioned line is not needed in FreeBSD 6.0, but my (own) > > > > > memory is probably corrupt :-) > > > > > > > > That's correct. > > > > > > EAMBIGUOUS. > > > > > > Which part is correct? "mentioned line is not needed in FreeBSD > > > 6.0" or "my (own) memory is probably corrupt"? > > > > You don't need atpic on 6.0. > > Not true. My Athlon 2x Gigabyte K8 Triton (GA-K8NSC-939) requires atpic > or it will not boot. This is an nVidia nForce3-Pro250 board. You need to post a problem report about it then since we are probably going to remove atpic in 7.0. When atpic was taken out of GENERIC in HEAD recently no one said it broke for them. What problems do you see with atpic taken out on 6.0? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org