Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:43:58 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 and FreeBSD 5.4-BETA1 Message-ID: <4242296E.3060502@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20050324022500.30c55b6b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20050322213725.79f466fe.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <0cf4b399dd1e0351c7c28d1ae6e90f6d@khera.org> <20050323234218.48716838.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <868y4ehs7j.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050324022500.30c55b6b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:12:48 +0100 > des@des.no (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) wrote: > > >>Remove NO_MIXED_MODE from your kernel config, and try again with the >>APIC enabled. NO_MIXED_MODE is (IMHO incorrectly) enabled by default >>to "avoid penalizing non-broken chipsets". > > > Well, that was an interesting experience. > I commented out the 'options NO_MIXED_MODE' line from my kernel config > (a copy of GENERIC), made a new kernel and installed it. > I commented out the hint from /boot/loader.conf, and rebooted the > machine. > > The results were ... special. The machine would do anything from reboot > to just mess up the display (vertical stripes instead of text) during > booting. > When I set the hint again, the machine booted like before (ie. with the > 15 seconds delay). > > Whew. How does this machine behave with a stock 6.0-CURRENT kernel? Could you see if the 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002 snapshot boots on it? Scott
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