Timecounters and 5.2

[alexis georges]

could this have anythihng to do with it? i got it from the errata for 5.2

[MSG]
(9 Jan 2004) In some cases, ATA devices may behave erratically, particularly 
SATA devices. Reported symptoms include command timeouts or missing 
interrupts. These problems appear to be timing-dependent, making them rather 
difficult to isolate. Workarounds include:

    *  Turn off ATA DMA using the ``safe mode'' option of the bootloader or 
the hw.ata.ata_dma              sysctl variable.
    *  Use the host's BIOS setup options to put the ATA controller in its 
``legacy mode'', if available.
    *  Disable ACPI, for example using the ``safe mode'' option of the 
bootloader or using the hint.acpi.0.disabled kernel environment variable.
[/MSG]


>From: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
>To: alexis georges <floating_in_space_ at hotmail.com>
>CC: kris at obsecurity.org
>Subject: Re: Timecounters and 5.2
>Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:17:30 -0800
>
>On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:13:03PM -0500, alexis georges wrote:
> > this is during booting..and scroll lock does not work..it only works 
>when
> > booting is finished
>
>I thought you could do it during boot, but no matter.  What about my
>other question?  Also, you dropped the mailing list from the CC
>list..please keep the list copied so that others can also help to
>answer your questions.
>
>Kris
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