Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:38:50 -0800 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Compaq 3000Z Laptops (And some misc. others) Message-ID: <2fd864e04110817381ca993fa@mail.gmail.com>
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After browsing the lists for awhile for information on this problem, I figured I'd share my... findings, as it were, with interested parties. The showstopping glitch that appears to occur on the Compaq 3000Z Series of laptops relates to the keyboard test interrupt. As best as I can tell, Nvidia for the mobile version of their chipset, or Compaq, has remapped the keyboard test, to instead perform a system reboot. This behavior exists under any boot options, and the only known workaround I am aware of is to apply a patch to the kernel sources. As a result, for the past month or so, I've been tracking FreeBSD -CURRENT with the patch applied, and producing ISO Images of the modified setup. If there is a way to test for a specific chipset, and to use the patched code if it is detected, merging that on to the main tree would be most appreiated. The other major glitch appears to be in APIC support. I haven't tested this much though, as the above error is, in my opinion, a much larger issue. If, for whatever reason, there is no way to merge the patch, I can start making the -CURRENT snapshots we use internally avalibile, and anyone who is interested in getting a copy is more than welcome to e-mail me. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to assist in troubleshooting these two problems. --- Harrison Grundy
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