From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 27 18:30:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8600510656A6 for ; Fri, 27 May 2011 18:30:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5C48FC22 for ; Fri, 27 May 2011 18:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF7AAE6; Fri, 27 May 2011 14:30:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:30:21 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: Xin LI , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <4476D4ACA3FB37F3FC353240@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: References: <4DD4048F.8030207@delphij.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Boot halts on Thinkpad X220 (Sandy Bridge) 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: Fri, 27 May 2011 18:30:23 -0000 --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 --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------