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Date:      Fri, 27 May 2011 14:30:21 -0400
From:      Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net>
To:        Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot halts on Thinkpad X220 (Sandy Bridge)
Message-ID:  <4476D4ACA3FB37F3FC353240@mac-pro.magehandbook.com>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimJChpv2ZW5y3t5caekUiBezvxiJw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <BANLkTikZnDcUHDc9oW%2Bbey%2B5D_oHpjd_1Q@mail.gmail.com> <4DD4048F.8030207@delphij.net> <BANLkTimh2D2TXXyDyOGY%2BF0nLCuD0JA5iQ@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTimJChpv2ZW5y3t5caekUiBezvxiJw@mail.gmail.com>

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--As of May 27, 2011 10:14:20 AM -0700, Xin LI is alleged to have said:

> The problem we had was that it seems that running the BIOS in the
> x86emu emulator on amd64 would cause problem.  This doesn't seem to be
> fixable without hands-on experiments on a system in question, it's
> either a BIOS bug or an emulator bug.  The strange part of the problem
> is that the functionality is quite common in the Good Old Days (TM).

--As for the rest, it is mine.

Lenovo has posted an updated BIOS for the box.  Would you like me to try 
booting an older install with it?

Daniel T. Staal

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