FreeBSD/amd64 6.1-RELEASE on AMD Turion64

[Walter Brunswick]

I have an issue regarding the installation of FreeBSD/amd64 on an HP
notebook computer with an AMD Turion64 single-core uniprocessor.

The following conversation took place on ##freebsd on freenode on Oct 23
2006.

16:17.22  < waltz> question: when I tried to install FreeBSD/amd64 on my
laptop during the initial boot there were strange hexadecimal characters
scrolling on the screen
16:17.33  < runelind> is there a reason why?
16:17.34  < waltz> I've never seen something like that before
16:17.39  < waltz> I don't know what it could be, or why
16:17.48  < runelind> waltz: do you have a compatible laptop? ;p
16:18.57  < waltz> it's an hp dv8000 pavilion
16:19.03  < waltz> top-of-the-line model
16:19.10  < waltz> amd64 chipset
16:19.14  < waltz> should work..
16:21.24  < runelind> hmm ok
16:21.28  < waltz> does freebsd have support for the AMD Turion64?
16:22.30  < runelind> did you look at the HCL?
16:22.43  < waltz> I am looking at
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.1R/hardware-amd64.html
16:23.57 = nox- guesses an AMD Turion64 should work
16:24.12  < waltz> odd
16:24.36  < nox-> it doesnt for you?
16:24.38  < appa_x> I did notice a post to questions where someone couldn't
get SMP to work on their dual core Turion64 laptop the other day.
16:24.39  < masta> yea, I agree with nox
16:24.42  < masta> should work
16:24.53  < nox-> hmm
16:25.22  < nox-> appa_x, didnt see both cpus?
16:25.45  < appa_x> Actually, I think the issue was it wouldn't boot an SMP
kernel at all.
16:25.45  < waltz> I don't know..
16:25.53  < waltz> nox-: no, actually, it did not
16:26.00  < waltz> which is bizzare
16:26.12  < nox-> waltz, did you try an up kernel?
16:26.58  < waltz> I used
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/6.1/6.1-RELEASE-
amd64-disc1.iso
16:27.11  < nox-> well this surly sounds like a bug...
16:27.46  < nox-> waltz, yours didnt boot either?
16:32.06  < waltz> is amd64 a tier1 arch?
16:32.16  < waltz> sorry, no, it didn't nox-
16:33.41  < nox-> i would believe so
16:33.48  < nox-> i guess you should post on -amd64...
16:41.49  < nox-> waltz, did u try a 6.2 beta? or an i386 iso?
16:42.51  < waltz> nox-: i386 failed
16:42.59  < waltz> and no, I didn't try a 6.2 beta
16:43.28  < nox-> would be interesting to know if its fixed in RELENG_6...
16:43.43  < eri--> waltz: it just doesnt boot at all>!
16:43.49  < waltz> nope
16:44.00  < waltz> it starts the btx, then goes berserk
16:44.13  < waltz> spamming millions of lines of hexadecimal chars
16:44.25  < prism> when is the release date for 6.2
16:44.25  < nox-> waltz, so it doesnt even load the kernel?
16:44.33  < waltz> nox-, 'parently not
16:44.48  < eri--> nox-: that's what i was thinking
16:44.49  < nox-> oh so its a loader issue...

I really don't know what it is, but I didn't see the Turion64 processor
listed anywhere in the supported hardware list.

Is this a bug? If not, what could the problem possibly be?