Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 18:40:35 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: J S Goldberg <jsg@san.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RC2 hangs on ACPI boot (ASUS a7n8x, nvidia) Message-ID: <20040101183500.R8520@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <p06020404bc194e73e390@[159.62.32.249]> References: <p06020404bc194e73e390@[159.62.32.249]>
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, J S Goldberg wrote: > I installed both 4.9 and 5.1 ok on my ASUS A7N8X (nvidia > chipset) with AMD 2500 cpu. After I cvsup'd to 5.2 a few > days ago, the kernel would no longer boot, hanging after: > > Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec Configuring the APIC causes interrupt storms on the ASUS A7N8X[-E]. > Having seen other comments about nvidia and ACPI, I > tried booting the CD with acpi disabled - and it worked. Turning off ACPI helps by preventing configuration of the APIC. > So... the point of the post: > > 1. The observation of this ACPI problem (might be related > to others I've seen mentioned recently). > > 2. A request for a (cleaner) workaround to booting. E.g., > a way to disable acpi by default. Remove "device apic" from your config file or turn off acpi using the <mumble> environment variable. Bruce
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