From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 9 13:21:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F62E1065670 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:21:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B718FC08 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaai12 with SMTP id i12so2115268eaa.13 for ; Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:21:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5cyPyDHIfRlQ75glfS21AQdmOnqCx+tBToisBRxXXaM=; b=ZisGguQokQgXCd3silpjqGEYgPrsPASU+2x1dfvRhRfhC1wnZ/kyaimBlhDydDbM4m 2s/IABG6bHkXVD2Lc+4+S8oVVwIcyh5UjBvx2bjESde0J1n6/SCY5GqHmruzmD3KTJ6B L/PJkvvfZVgmQp+fSJAGhd7xJpDJVXB9qXqLs= Received: by 10.213.35.198 with SMTP id q6mr185631ebd.39.1323436902316; Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:21:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E129B.dip.t-dialin.net. [87.142.18.155]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z43sm18812114eef.7.2011.12.09.05.21.40 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:21:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:21:39 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: lev@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20111209142139.04a20504@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <76373418.20111209141018@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <76373418.20111209141018@serebryakov.spb.ru> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/amd64 on machine without ACPI BIOS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:21:44 -0000 On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:10:18 +0400 Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello, Freebsd-current. > > Soekris ("famous" developer of small x86-compatible appliance-like > hardware) released net6501 some time ago, which is based on Atom (E6xx) > CPU. > It seems, that 64-bit version of Linux could run on it without > problems. > But FreeBSD/amd64 can not. It stops after kernel detect some > devices without any errors or panics. > This box has one big difference from billions other Intel-based > boxes on market: it has very special BIOS without ACPI at all. Someone > says, that it could be reason why FreeBSD/amd64 could not be boot on > this box. > Is it true? Is it possible to have FreeBSD/amd64 without ACPI? > Have you disabled device acpi in the kernel configuration and made sure that there is no acpi module installed? AFAICT there's /sys/amd64/legacy.c which appears to provide support for systems without ACPI. -- Gary Jennejohn