8.0-RC1: MacBook 5,5 (13" unibody mid 2009) fails to boot

[Mustabasic Reuf]

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:06:10 +0200, army.of.root  
<army.of.root at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> my new Macbook fails to boot with the 8.0-RC1 ISO with following output:
>
> real memory = 2147483648 (2048MB)
> avail memory = 1797664768 (1714MB)
> ACPI APIC Table: <APPLE Apple00>
> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System detected: 2CPUs
> FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
>    cpu0 (BSD): APIC ID: 0
>    cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
> ioapic0: changing PIC ID to 1
> ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
> kbd0 at kbdmux0
> acpi0: <APPLE Apple00>on motherboard
> ##hang##
>
> Unfortunately I dont havea an USB keyboard, and the built-in is not  
> functioning properly.
>
> Is this a known Problem? - And if, what can I do?
>
> Do I have to get a USB keyboard from somewhere to get anything working  
> at all?
>
> I really dont want to go through the stress of compiling a special iso.
>
>
>
> Thanks for FreeBSD and all your work!

Short version : there is no solution for now and it's not a USB issue.

Long version :

Check out this commit (it's only in head):

http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=196769

I have the same issue on my iMac

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-September/011328.html