Using ACPI causes panics and crashes on Tyan 1832 tiger 100

[Reko Turja]

From: "Nate Lawson" <nate at root.org>
To: "Charlie Root" <root at liukuma.net>
Cc: <freebsd-acpi at freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:38 AM
Subject: Re: Using ACPI causes panics and crashes on Tyan 1832 tiger 
100

>> Is there any hope on getting this system running on ACPI, or is the 
>> BIOS
>> hosed for good? If I can supply any extra assistance or information 
>> I'm
>> at your service and access to the box can be provided if needed.
>
> Upgrade your BIOS to the last known version.  If it still has 
> problems,
> it's likely your system does not support acpi.  Just set
> hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" in /boot/loader.conf and be done with it.

BIOS is the latest (from 2001...), the machine in question ran under 
ACPI multiprocessor in Windows quite happily though, but I guess 
FreeBSD ACPI is a no-go then.

Thanks,
Reko