SMP doesn't work without ACPI?

[Vivek Khera]

On Mar 7, 2007, at 2:14 PM, Sam Baskinger wrote:

> The 1950s that I have (IIRC as I installed them a few months ago)  
> hang at about the same location when ACPI is enabled. I'll see if I  
> can't pull one down and recreate the behavior. I should note that  
> I'm running something after 6.2-RELEASE. Again, I'll try to  
> recreate and get some data from the machines.

Try this one:

debug.acpi.disabled="timer"

in your /boot/loader.conf or at the boot loader prompt type "set"  
followed by the above all in one line, then continue the boot.

My Dell PE800 won't boot without that... hangs at the raid card probe  
(aac).