From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 18:11:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699F31065676 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:11:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from nlpi087.prodigy.net (nlpi087.prodigy.net [207.115.36.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 300018FC14 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:11:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) X-ORBL: [71.139.20.17] Received: from [10.0.5.18] (ppp-71-139-20-17.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [71.139.20.17]) by nlpi087.prodigy.net (8.13.8 out.dk.spool/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7FIBRCO031101; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:11:28 -0500 Message-ID: <48A5C6D1.50709@root.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:11:29 -0700 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zbigniew Baniewski References: <20080420134236.GA6019@sarge.my.own.domain.no-net> <480C0DEF.2030707@root.org> <20080421095156.GA5263@sarge.my.own.domain.no-net> <58AFE814-343F-4F83-94DA-A2979180C512@FreeBSD.org> <20080424171712.GA5180@sarge.my.own.domain.no-net> <20080424234921.GR92261@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <48114123.3000708@root.org> <20080815141355.GA5116@sarge.my.own.domain.no-net> In-Reply-To: <20080815141355.GA5116@sarge.my.own.domain.no-net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with ACPI using Abit BE6-II V2.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:11:30 -0000 Zbigniew Baniewski wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 07:25:39PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: > >> Since the problems are specific to this system, which was manufactured >> in 1999, you're going to find it hard to get others to fix things for >> you. So the best bet is to try to track down what Linux is doing >> differently. This is a great opportunity for you to join in! > > My new problems with ACPI under FreeBSD 7.0 - described in another thread - > gave me an idea to try older FreeBSD version: it was V5.3, which I tested > using Freesbie V1.1 live-CD. > > Neither that Abit BE6-II V2.0, nor Gigabyte GA-6BX7 made any ACPI-related > problems. So the only conclusion is, that it wasn't "broken ACPI > implementation" (which you wrote immediately, without taking any closer > look at the reported problem), but the FreeBSD's ACPI drivers have been > spoiled somewhere between versions V5.3 and V7.0. > > Attached you'll find two "verbose dmesgs", taken from within V5.3: > > - freesbie_v.txt.gz was made while working with Abit > - freesbie2_v.txt.gz was made while working with Gigabyte > > That's (probably) all I can do to help to trace the problem (of course, if > FreeBSD developers care about reported bugs at all). Pay attention, that > it's not just "fixing things especially for me" - because such mobos were > manufactured in thousands of exemplars, and plenty of them around, still > in use. Just to give your bug report some perspective, that's a Pentium 3 system and it runs with acpi disabled just fine. I know everyone thinks their problem is the most important, but please understand that sometimes you have to take up the gauntlet and join the team. -- Nate