Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:17:17 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Justin Smith <freebsd.users@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/164036: Moused fails on 9_0_RELENG Message-ID: <201201171017.17206.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOhdvrUF-hFQOX-H_AKj61DuQ_iLHTcRE3mh8wBjMznXoBT6og@mail.gmail.com> References: <201201120439.q0C4dOJ1025920@red.freebsd.org> <CAOhdvrUFoZTSvp7Av8g70KcHKwVB2=8imceB20NcKWyKypBD3Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAOhdvrUF-hFQOX-H_AKj61DuQ_iLHTcRE3mh8wBjMznXoBT6og@mail.gmail.com>
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On Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:20:15 am Justin Smith wrote: > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Justin Smith <freebsd.users@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Err, not a BIOS setting, but actually editing the AML. Assuming you edited > >> the ASUS AML, can you show me a diff of the original and modified AML? > >> > >> -- > >> John Baldwin > > > > Okay, will do that tomorrow, its 1:12 am, need some sleep. Have a great day. > > I tried editing BIOS with AMITOOLS but it failed and I wasn't able to > boot the box, had to reset the BIOS in order to boot again. I have > limited expertise and I think I wont be able to do this. What has > changed between 8_2_RELENG and 9_0_RELENG? I used same hardware for > 8_2_RELENG and 8-STABLE, the mouse worked there. You don't need to edit the BIOS. You take the output of acpidump -d, edit that in a text editor as I had suggested earlier, then follow the instructions in the acpi(4) man page (OVERRIDING YOUR BIOS BYTECODE section) to compile the edited version and use it instead of the one your BIOS provides. -- John Baldwin
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