From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 19 00:58:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4967A16A41B for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:58:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from root.org (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B3213C469 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:58:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: (qmail 89928 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2007 00:58:44 -0000 Received: from adsl-71-141-123-117.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (HELO ?192.168.1.77?) (nate-mail@71.141.123.117) by root.org with ESMTPA; 19 Nov 2007 00:58:44 -0000 Message-ID: <4740DFBF.8010503@root.org> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:58:39 -0800 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Reko Turja References: <078f01c82a3f$8c5e36b0$0a0aa8c0@endor.swagman.org> <4740DAEC.6050308@root.org> <086301c82a45$ed75ced0$0a0aa8c0@endor.swagman.org> In-Reply-To: <086301c82a45$ed75ced0$0a0aa8c0@endor.swagman.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using ACPI causes panics and crashes on Tyan 1832 tiger 100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:58:53 -0000 Reko Turja wrote: > From: "Nate Lawson" > To: "Charlie Root" > Cc: > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:38 AM > Subject: Re: Using ACPI causes panics and crashes on Tyan 1832 tiger 100 > >>> Is there any hope on getting this system running on ACPI, or is the BIOS >>> hosed for good? If I can supply any extra assistance or information I'm >>> at your service and access to the box can be provided if needed. >> >> Upgrade your BIOS to the last known version. If it still has problems, >> it's likely your system does not support acpi. Just set >> hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" in /boot/loader.conf and be done with it. > > BIOS is the latest (from 2001...), the machine in question ran under > ACPI multiprocessor in Windows quite happily though, but I guess FreeBSD > ACPI is a no-go then. Windows has a number of workarounds for buggy systems and if you mean W2K, avoids implementing certain features on such systems. I can either spend time trying to hack around old buggy systems or new ones. I think most users prefer the latter. -- Nate