Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:42:53 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 5.2-RELEASE TODO Message-ID: <20031202001253.GQ12914@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20031201171044.N54268@pooker.samsco.home> References: <200312011501.hB1F1NJe048491@fledge.watson.org> <20031201235600.GP12914@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20031201171044.N54268@pooker.samsco.home>
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--fUm0f2RSYrSJjszE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 1 December 2003 at 17:12:23 -0700, Scott Long wrote: > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Monday, 1 December 2003 at 10:01:23 -0500, Robert Watson wrote: >>> This is an automated bi-weekly mailing of the FreeBSD 5.2 open issues list. >>> >>> Show stopper defects for 5.2-RELEASE >> >> I'm currently investigating ACPI problems on a dual processor Intel >> motherboard (re@ knows about this). It looks as if the new code is >> much fussier than the old code about the quality of the motherboard >> BIOS: this machine runs fine on 5.1, but won't finish booting on >> 5.2-BETA. Yes, this is probably an ACPI bug, but users aren't going >> to see it that way: if we release a 5.2 which won't boot on a lot of >> machines, people are going to blame 5.2, not the machine. I think we >> should ensure that there's at least a fallback for machines with >> broken ACPI. > > This argument is exactly why I added the 'disable acpi' option in the boot > loader menu. Of course, we STILL need to get good debugging information > from you as to why you get a Trap 9 when ACPI is disabled. This is the > more important issue. I've sent information, and I'm waiting for feedback about what to do next. The fact that the stack is completely trashed doesn't help, admittedly. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --fUm0f2RSYrSJjszE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/y9kFIubykFB6QiMRAukcAJ42ikx6TSdbbhxii7P2vHxUkpAgYgCeLQFR Nj1zTAjsR40qqK7n9dvs+PQ= =/qHO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUm0f2RSYrSJjszE--
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