i386/69750: Boot without ACPI failed on ASUS L5

[Maxim Maximov]

Tilman Linneweh wrote:
> Maxim Maximov:
> 
>>>Did this Board boot without ACPI with an older version of FreeBSD
>>>(e.g. STABLE), is this a regression?
>>
>>This is unknown. I didn't have FreeBSD version older than 5.2.1 on this 
>>notebook. I could, say, try to load from 4.x boot CD and see if it loads 
>>fine. Is it needed? If yes, what version do you want me to try?
> 
> 
> There were some discussions about regressions when booting w/o ACPI in
> CURRENT 
> (e.g. http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200403111246.12192.jhb )
> 
> So I guessed trying to boot a 4.x kernel would be a good test.

Well, some tests have been done. My notebook is P4 w/HTT and HTT can't 
be disabled in BIOS.

1. I built UP kernel of 6.0-CURRENT. It hangs firmly when booting after
ACPI APIC Table: <A M I  OEMAPIC >

2. UP 4.10-R kernel boots fine

I can't test 4.x SMP kernel though.

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Maxim Maximov