acpi panic

[Bruno Ducrot]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 07:15:07PM -0800, j w wrote:
> Hello
> I'm installing FreeBSD 6.2 (first time experience) on an oldish
> computer and got this ACPI panic when booting the install CD:
> 
> ACPI APIC Table:  <ASUS P2B-D>
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (551.25-MHz 686-class CPU)
>  Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3
>  Features = 
>  0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
> real memory = 536858624 (511 MB)
> avail memory = 511750144 (488 MB)
> ACPI disabled by blacklist. Contact your BIOS vendor.
> MADT: ACPI Startup failed with AE_ERROR
> Try disabling either ACPI or apic support.
> panic: using MADT but ACPI doesn't work

Uh?  We shouldn't use MADT if ACPI is blacklisted and we shouldn't panic in
that case?

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Bruno Ducrot

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