kern/136327: [sbp] [boot] Asus M3N78-EM motherboard cannot boot with generic kernel.

[Sean Bruno]

The following reply was made to PR kern/136327; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sean Bruno <seanbru at yahoo-inc.com>
To: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh at onetel.com>
Cc: "sbruno at FreeBSD.org" <sbruno at FreeBSD.org>,
        "bug-followup at FreeBSD.org"
 <bug-followup at FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: kern/136327: [sbp] [boot] Asus M3N78-EM motherboard cannot
 boot with generic kernel.
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:16:31 -0800

 On Sat, 2011-11-12 at 15:48 -0800, Chris Whitehouse wrote:
 > On 12/11/2011 20:34, Sean Bruno wrote:
 > > Can you put this machine up somewhere that I can get into it and have
 > > root access?
 > >
 > > This is a long standing issue with firewire that I'd like to fix if
 > > possible.
 > >
 > > Sean
 > >
 > >
 > I should be able to but I need to check as I don't own my internet 
 > connection. Also I need to set up a fresh install but that won't take long.
 > 
 > How would we arrange restarts since the machine needs to be physically 
 > turned off and turned on again after a hang and we are in different time 
 > zones? Best I can imagine is you would have to email me and I do it as 
 > soon as I receive it, which could be a while. Or would you be able to 
 > avoid restarts?
 > 
 > Chris
 
 Well, I was going to try and use a kernel without sbp and load sbp as a
 kmod.  I had hoped that I could get a serial console on it as well, but
 I'd like to see what the machine is like first.
 
 Sean