Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:03:17 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI: HEADS UP (ACPI CA update) Message-ID: <20010906230317.Z81307@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200109070403.f8743do06596@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 09:03:39PM -0700 References: <200109070403.f8743do06596@mass.dis.org>
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* Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> [010906 22:57] wrote: > > I've just updated the ACPI CA components to the latest Intel release. > You can read the release notes on Intel's website > (http://developer.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi). > > In addition, I've changed the default ACPI initialisation to the full, > recommended-by-the-standard set of passes over the namespace. > > This has the potential to cause problems on some systems. If you are > already using the debug.acpi.avoid sysctl, you will get the old > behaviour (since the avoid mechanism does not affect some parts of > the namespace initialisation). If the latest code locks up during device > probes, try > > ok set debug.acpi.avoid="" > > at the loader prompt. > > Outstanding issues: > > - The ACPI timecounter does not work on some ALi chipsets. > - ACPI mode results in some PCI devices not being configured > by the BIOS. Any chance this will fix the problem with sound (pcm) that I mailed you about earlier? -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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