From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 09:49:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C8BC1065674 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:49:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mav@mavhome.dp.ua) Received: from cmail.optima.ua (cmail.optima.ua [195.248.191.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0584D8FC12 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:49:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mav@mavhome.dp.ua) X-Spam-Flag: SKIP X-Spam-Yversion: Spamooborona-2.1.0 Received: from orphanage.alkar.net (account mav@alkar.net [212.86.226.11] verified) by cmail.optima.ua (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.9) with ESMTPA id 231241473; Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:49:33 +0200 Message-ID: <49670F9D.5000701@mavhome.dp.ua> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:49:33 +0200 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080612) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Torfinn Ingolfsen References: <1231460584.00057727.1231449002@10.7.7.3> In-Reply-To: <1231460584.00057727.1231449002@10.7.7.3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer Aspire 5672 laptop and FreeBSD 7.1-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:49:36 -0000 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > FreeBSD 7.1 has been released, time to upgrade the wicked, > hard-to-get-working-with FreeBSD laptop again. > The laptop in question is Acer's Aspire 5672 (the series is called > Aspire 5670), which is a machine with Intel Core Duo (ie 32-bit) cpu, 2 GB > RAM and a ATI Radeon X1600 gfx chip onboard. Now upgraded to FreeBSD > 7.1-stable: > tingo@kg-home$ uname -a > FreeBSD kg-home.kg4.no 7.1-STABLE FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE #2: Thu Jan 8 > 19:30:11 CET 2009 root@kg-home.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > i386 > > The problem is that drivers for the nic's (both wired and > wireless) will not attach when acpi is enabled: I have alike problem with my Acre TravelMate. On ACPI enable, PCI-Express bridges losing their resources allocation making device beyond them inaccessible. Linux able to reallocate that resources, while FreeBSD does not. I am personally now using patch found on some list which does it in a dirty hack fashion especially for my system. -- Alexander Motin