Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:11:29 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Zbigniew Baniewski <zb@ispid.com.pl> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with ACPI using Abit BE6-II V2.0 Message-ID: <48A5C6D1.50709@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20080815141355.GA5116@sarge.my.own.domain.no-net> 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>
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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
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