Intel DP45SG motherboard problem (amd64)

[John Baldwin]

On Tuesday 23 February 2010 8:51:04 am Alastair Hogge wrote:
> On Tue February 23 2010 00:02:16 John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Sunday 21 February 2010 9:31:11 am Alastair Hogge wrote:
> > > > > Hello all.
> > > > > I have a problem with Intel LGA775 DP45SG Intel P45/ICH10R
> > > > > motherboard on FreeBSD/amd64. Any devices (keyboard, sata, net) don't
> > > > > work after kernel loading. It works for i386 (expect for keyboard:
> > > > > first pressed key "sticks").
> > > > > FreeBSD versions that i tried are: 7.0-RELEASE, 7.2-RELEASE,
> > > > > 8.0-CURRENT There was no difference with/without ACPI.
> > > > > I connect serial console, boot -v and I'm seeing FreeBSD complaining
> > > > > about inability to allocate interrupts for devices, like the log
> > > > > below:
> > > >
> > > > Try 'device mptable'.  Also, do you have an i386 dmesg?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John Baldwin
> > >
> > > Hello John,
> > >
> > > In regards to an old email thread:
> > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2009-
> > 
> > June/thread.html#5887
> > 
> > > I've attached the i386 dmesg & "mptable device" from a 9.0-CURRENT
> > > -r204168 system which still fails on booting an amd64 CD.
> > 
> > You need to build a custom amd64 kernel which includes "device mptable" and
> > use that.  You may need to set 'hint.acpi.0.disabled=1' as well to force
> >  ACPI to be disabled.
> OK, I've cross built an amd64 system and installed it on a spare HDD. Once it 
> booted I ran "mptable -verbose -dmesg -grope" Here is the output:

It appears that the new kernel works, yes?  That should at least get you a
working system now.  I have no idea why the system does not provide ACPI
tables.  Is there a BIOS option to enable/disable ACPI perhaps?

-- 
John Baldwin