Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:12:34 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: lev@FreeBSD.org Cc: Attilio Rao <attilio@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/amd64 on machine without ACPI BIOS? Message-ID: <4EE500A2.4050005@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1406787882.20111211132717@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <76373418.20111209141018@serebryakov.spb.ru> <1406787882.20111211132717@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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on 11/12/2011 11:27 Lev Serebryakov said the following:
> Hello, Freebsd-current.
> You wrote 9 декабря 2011 г., 14:10:18:
>
>> 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?
> It seems, that "device mptable" in kernel config helps.
> Why is it not in GENERIC kernel?
Just a guess, maybe because GENERIC kernel is for "generic" hardware.
--
Andriy Gapon
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