Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:58:06 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Riccardo Torrini <riccardo@torrini.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disabled known-bad BIOS revisions Message-ID: <41214A0E.7040706@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20040816233833.GA651@trudy.torrini.home> References: <20040815223335.GA82743@trudy.torrini.home> <41203316.90801@root.org> <20040816233833.GA651@trudy.torrini.home>
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Riccardo Torrini wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 09:07:50PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: >>Try booting with "unset acpi_load" so that acpi is not even loaded. > > Ahemmm, I'm sorry, but I read the next message and updated my BIOS > before any other test :-( Anyway with kernel/world after end of > june it boot only if: > - add hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" > or > - use a kernel _without_ option SMP/option apic > >>Does your system work then? If so, the problem that needs to be >>fixed is booting with ACPI disabled and is a bug. I find it hard >>to believe that your system was designed to not work without ACPI >>since it is from 1999. > > After a BIOS upgrade it works so I think it doesn't matter. If you > really need a report from my old bios I'd think to revert to old one > (but only if you _really_ _really_ need it :-) > > No need to remove. It is a specific version that broke ACPI boot. > After an update from 1014.beta001a to 1014.beta003 works again. > > Thanks for your time. That's why the first advice in the ACPI debuging handbook entry is "upgrade your BIOS." :) It would be good to fix why we couldn't boot with acpi disabled on the old BIOS. I'm guessing it was an error in your system's MADT. -- Nate
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