From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 02:46:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 130E116A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:46:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B1A643D2F for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:46:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior-wifi.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j2O2jKqb071248; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:45:20 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <4242296E.3060502@samsco.org> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:43:58 -0700 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050218 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Torfinn Ingolfsen 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> In-Reply-To: <20050324022500.30c55b6b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on pooker.samsco.org cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 and FreeBSD 5.4-BETA1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:46:50 -0000 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