From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Nov 28 13:14:17 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 062F716A41F
	for <freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org>; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:14:17 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org)
Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FEAB43D60
	for <freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org>; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:14:16 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org)
Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) 
	by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 2729205 
	for multiple; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:14:26 -0500
Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7])
	(authenticated bits=0)
	by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jASDE2kH056821;
	Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:14:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org)
From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:13:58 -0500
User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3
References: <20051127010724.GA1161@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051127010724.GA1161@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-Id: <200511280813.59911.jhb@freebsd.org>
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed 
	version=3.0.2
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx
X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525
Cc: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Subject: Re: Worked in RELENG_5, fails in RELENG_6
X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: ACPI and power management development <freebsd-acpi.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi>,
	<mailto:freebsd-acpi-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-acpi>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-acpi-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi>,
	<mailto:freebsd-acpi-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:14:17 -0000

On Saturday 26 November 2005 08:07 pm, David Kelly wrote:
> Per instructions at
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.html
>
> System is Dell Poweredge 400SC, BIOS revision A06. Boot panics with ACPI
> enabled.
>
> boot -v:
> [too much to type]
> ACPI-0237 *** Error: Incorrect table signature - wanted [FACS] found [   ]
> ACPI-0359 *** Error: Could not get/install the FACS, AE_BAD_SIGNATURE
> ACPI-0191 ...
> ACPI-0213 ...
> ...
> panic: Using MADT but ACPI doesn't work.
>
> Have not figured out how to "boot -v" with ACPI disabled. That would be
> a nice little thing to add to chapter 11.16.1 of the Handbook.

At the loader prompt, do:

'set hint.acpi.0.disabled=3D1'

and then 'boot' or 'boot -v'.

> In addition to the above the following is written to stderr:
> acpidump: FACS is corrupt

Well, that would seem to indicate an issue with the ACPI tables generated b=
y=20
the BIOS. :)

=2D-=20
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> =A0<>< =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
"Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =A0=3D =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org