i386/69750: Boot without ACPI failed on ASUS L5

[Maxim Maximov]

The following reply was made to PR i386/69750; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Maxim Maximov <mcsi at mcsi.pp.ru>
To: Tilman Linneweh <arved at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org, freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: i386/69750: Boot without ACPI failed on ASUS L5
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:37:17 +0400

 Tilman Linneweh wrote:
 > Maxim Maximov:
 > 
 >>>Did this Board boot without ACPI with an older version of FreeBSD
 >>>(e.g. STABLE), is this a regression?
 >>
 >>This is unknown. I didn't have FreeBSD version older than 5.2.1 on this 
 >>notebook. I could, say, try to load from 4.x boot CD and see if it loads 
 >>fine. Is it needed? If yes, what version do you want me to try?
 > 
 > 
 > There were some discussions about regressions when booting w/o ACPI in
 > CURRENT 
 > (e.g. http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200403111246.12192.jhb )
 > 
 > So I guessed trying to boot a 4.x kernel would be a good test.
 
 Well, some tests have been done. My notebook is P4 w/HTT and HTT can't 
 be disabled in BIOS.
 
 1. I built UP kernel of 6.0-CURRENT. It hangs firmly when booting after
 ACPI APIC Table: <A M I  OEMAPIC >
 
 2. UP 4.10-R kernel boots fine
 
 I can't test 4.x SMP kernel though.
 
 -- 
 Maxim Maximov