IStormy Monday: Wher does the weather come from?

[Nate Lawson]

Martin von Boehlen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> there are some probs with an ACPI interrupt storm on 
> FreeBSD 6.0/6.1-PatchedIntoOblivion ;)
> 
> I DO NOT HAVE A BIOS WHERE ACPI IS AN OPTION.
> I need to disable it completely!
> But 
> root at www1 ~ # kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1    7 0xc0400000 3412e8   kernel
>  2    1 0xc0742000 58554    acpi.ko
>  3    1 0xc45a7000 16000    linux.ko
> shows me acpi.ko 
 >
> I don't want it! I don't need it! How do I get rid of it?
> Where can I get further hints ?
> And, yes, I've scourged the mailing lists, the FAQ, the handbook, whatsoever!

That's funny, the manpage says:

LOADER TUNABLES
      Tunables can be set at the loader(8) prompt before booting the 
kernel or stored in /boot/loader.conf.
...
hint.acpi.0.disabled
     Set this to 1 to disable all of ACPI.


-- 
Nate