Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:16:36 -0500 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Cc: jhb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Via Nano CPU: Can boot 7.0-RELEASE-amd64, can't boot 7.1-RELEASE-amd64: "cpu doesn't support long mode" Message-ID: <200901051616.39069.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <b072dc420901051124q377ae42o5406272eb10935ce@mail.gmail.com> References: <b072dc420901051124q377ae42o5406272eb10935ce@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 05 January 2009 02:24 pm, Koen Smits wrote: > Hello all, > > I have some problems getting FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE amd64 to boot on > my VIA VB8001, which is a mini-ITX board with the new VIA Nano CPU. > This CPU is fully 64bit capable. But, when I try to boot Disc1 from > an IDE CD-ROM I get the error "cpu doesn't support long mode", > which implies the CPU can't do 64bit, and booting halts asking for > a kernel. > The first thing I tried was running ubuntu 8.10 64bit. It installs > and runs fine. And, trying FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Disc1 amd64 also > boots and installs normally! > Any help on fixing this is much appreciated. See: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=183667 http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=183823 I am not sure removing Via CPU support was intentional, though. Jung-uk Kim
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