From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 11 18:00:30 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 0A06216A403 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:00:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 356C543D46 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:00:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3BHxqwH018019; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:59:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:43:15 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060329020527.f8f087a4.conrads@cox.net> <200604101528.31794.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060411120851.ce0e75fb.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20060411120851.ce0e75fb.conrads@cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604111343.20393.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1391/Tue Apr 11 05:53:41 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: bms@spc.org, 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: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:00:30 -0000 On Tuesday 11 April 2006 13:08, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:28:29 -0400 > John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Monday 10 April 2006 14:24, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > > > > > Well, some testing with my latest STABLE source update (Fri, Apr 7) > > > exhibits the same problems. > > > > > > I can boot the kernel and mount root OK with or without ACPI enabled > > > (via the loader tunable hint.acpi.0.disabled), but not without > > > atpic. > > > > > > I can even boot OK without "device acpi" compiled into the kernel > > > explicitly (and with no acpi module, either, of course, as this > > > doesn't get built under amd64), but without atpic and the associated > > > ACPI bits it pulls in, it's a definite show-stopper. > > > > > > Another interesting side effect I've noticed is that without acpi, > > > the built-in nVidia sound chip (with the snd_ich driver compiled > > > in) is not recognized either. > > > > I've lost the context.. Can you provide a verbose dmesg both with > > and without 'device atpic'? > > Basically, the problem is that, without device atpic, I can't mount > root, so it's impossible as well to obtain a dmesg listing for you in > that case. That's what serial consoles are for. :) -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org