From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 1 16:54:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4077216A422 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:54:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9397343D53 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:54:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 2947423 for multiple; Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:51:47 -0500 Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jB1GrXu5090409; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:53:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Joe Rhett Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:53:49 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20051117050336.GB67653@svcolo.com> <20051117220358.GA65127@svcolo.com> <20051130181757.GA29686@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <20051130181757.GA29686@svcolo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200512011153.50287.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: com1 incorrectly associated with ttyd1, com2 with ttyd0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:54:01 -0000 On Wednesday 30 November 2005 01:17 pm, Joe Rhett wrote: > > Console initialization uses the flags to decide the console port(s), > > so swapped flags probably give swapped console ports. > > I don't know if this is related, but ACPI also seems to find devices which > are disabled (ie parallel parts, etc) and then complains because it can't > allocate resources for them. > > It sounds like ACPI isn't reading the BIOS data correctly at all. What > debug options can I enable to get more information? No, it is reading it right. When you disable a device in ACPI it merely doesn't assign resources to it. The OS can assign resources to it on its own though and re-enable the device. FreeBSD currently doesn't implement enough to get that right though. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org