FreeBSD + HP Pavilion DV7-1299EF, Pre-install questions.

Fri Jul 24 12:27:03 UTC 2009

>From what I gathered on the net, the problem seems to be coming from
Firewire, or more specifically, the sdp module, They suggested disabling
Firewire from BIOS setup, install then build a custom kernel with sdp
commented, the problem is, There's no option to disable Firewire in my BIOS
setup so I'm back to square 1.

Anyone knows how can I boot (from DVD !!) with sdp disabled ??

Thanks

References:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-May/198376.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-May/198410.html
http://www.nabble.com/run_interrupt_driven_hooks:-still-waiting-after-300-seconds-for-xpt_config-td23492390.html

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Wael Nasreddine (a.k.a eMxyzptlk) <
mla at nasreddine.com> wrote:

> I have a problem booting the DVD on this laptop, with ACPI enabled, it
> crashes after the usb part, check the screenshot
> http://omploader.org/vMjBqbA
>
> I tried with ACPI disabled, the whole system stops responding even
> before the USB part.
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Wael Nasreddine (a.k.a eMxyzptlk)
> <mla at nasreddine.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently bought an HP Pavilion DV7-1299EF, it's 2.4Ghz Core 2 DUO, 4G
> RAM, 2x250 Gb Hard Disk
> >
> > ------- lspci
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory
> Controller Hub (rev 07)
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express
> Graphics Port (rev 07)
> > 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 03)
> > 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #5 (rev 03)
> > 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 03)
> > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 03)
> > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 1 (rev 03)
> > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 2 (rev 03)
> > 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 3 (rev 03)
> > 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 4 (rev 03)
> > 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 5 (rev 03)
> > 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> Port 6 (rev 03)
> > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 03)
> > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 03)
> > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 03)
> > 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
> Controller #6 (rev 03)
> > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 03)
> > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
> > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev
> 03)
> > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
> (rev 03)
> > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
> (rev 03)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M
> GT] (rev a1)
> > 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN
> [Shiloh] Network Connection
> > 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> > 06:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host
> Controller
> > 06:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host
> Controller
> > 06:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host
> Controller
> > 06:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
> > 06:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller
> > ------- lspci
> >
> > What is critical for me is:
> >
> > Wifi: Intel 5100 AGN
> > Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 9600M GT Resolution: 1440x900
> > Sound: Intel High definition Audio, Codec: IDT 92HD71B7X
> >
> > Since I have 2x250Gb, I would like to use ZFS, I heard FreeBSD can boot
> from ZFS now, is it stable ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your feedback.
> >
> > --
> > Wael Nasreddine
> >
> > Blog    : http://wael.nasreddine.com
> > E-mail  : wael.nasreddine at gmail.com
> > gTalk   : wael.nasreddine at gmail.com
> > Tel     : +33.6.32.94.70.13
> > Skype   : eMxyzptlk
> > Twitter : @eMxyzptlk
> >
> > Sabayon Linux Chief Development Officer - http://www.sabayonlinux.org
> >
> > PGP: 1024D/C8DD18A2 06F6 1622 4BC8 4CEB D724  DE12 5565 3945 C8DD 18A2
> >
> > .: An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs,
> >   would never make a good program. (L. Torvalds 1995) :.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Wael Nasreddine
>
> Blog    : http://wael.nasreddine.com
> E-mail  : wael.nasreddine at gmail.com
> gTalk   : wael.nasreddine at gmail.com
> Tel     : +33.6.32.94.70.13
> Skype   : eMxyzptlk
> Twitter : @eMxyzptlk
>
> Sabayon Linux Chief Development Officer - http://www.sabayonlinux.org
>
> PGP: 1024D/C8DD18A2 06F6 1622 4BC8 4CEB D724  DE12 5565 3945 C8DD 18A2
>
> .: An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs,
>   would never make a good program. (L. Torvalds 1995) :.
>

-- 
Wael Nasreddine

Blog    : http://wael.nasreddine.com
E-mail  : wael.nasreddine at gmail.com
gTalk   : wael.nasreddine at gmail.com
Tel     : +33.6.32.94.70.13
Skype   : eMxyzptlk
Twitter : @eMxyzptlk

Sabayon Linux Chief Development Officer - http://www.sabayonlinux.org

PGP: 1024D/C8DD18A2 06F6 1622 4BC8 4CEB D724  DE12 5565 3945 C8DD 18A2

.: An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs,
  would never make a good program. (L. Torvalds 1995) :.