From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu May 21 16:38:58 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F37E410656AC
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 21 May 2009 16:38:57 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com)
Received: from david.siemens.de (david.siemens.de [192.35.17.14])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ECCC8FC1B
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 21 May 2009 16:38:57 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com)
Received: from mail1.siemens.de (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by david.siemens.de (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id
	n4LGDCGe024041; Thu, 21 May 2009 18:13:12 +0200
Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.40.130])
	by mail1.siemens.de (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id
	n4LGDCPe002742; Thu, 21 May 2009 18:13:12 +0200
Received: (from localhost)
	by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) id n4LGDCLl015314;
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 18:13:11 +0200
From: Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com>
To: Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <20090521161311.GA99925@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
References: <20090521090716.GA97846@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
	<gv3i7d$9uj$1@ger.gmane.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <gv3i7d$9uj$1@ger.gmane.org>
X-Echelon: <censored>
X-Advice: Drop that crappy M$-Outlook, I'm tired of your viruses!
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: P2B-D and ACPI or SMB anyone?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:38:58 -0000

On Thu, 21-May-2009 at 08:44:00 -0400, Michael Powell wrote:
> Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > found this old P2B-D board with two 1GHz CPUs and don't want
> > to throw it away ;-)
> > 
> > Has anyone got it running with ACPI and without the interrupt
> > storm on irq20? Judging from old mailing list messages it was
> > blacklisted in 5.3 so ACPI got disabled but since it doesn't
> > in 6.4-STABLE the issues were possibly fixed and I am simply
> > too stupid...
> > 
> [snip]
> 
> What you may want to check is the BIOS revision. Easy enough to flash it 
> with the latest released bits if there is something newer than what you've 
> got currently.

Done that already. I run the latest V14beta3 (whose counterpart
I also run on the UP boxes for the purpose of Tualatin support)...

	-Andre