Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:06:33 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jin Guojun [VFFS]" <jin@george.lbl.gov> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 5.3-RC2 installation panic [Was: kern/60602: [usb] Dynamicattach UBS device can cause 5.2-RC system malfunction Message-ID: <20041106190632.GH814@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <418BB5ED.7040306@george.lbl.gov> References: <200411040650.iA46oI0O050278@freefall.freebsd.org> <418AB91E.4010201@george.lbl.gov> <20041104234529.GA32806@crodrigues.org> <418AF8F7.7000302@george.lbl.gov> <20041105083247.GA754@zaphod.nitro.dk> <418BB5ED.7040306@george.lbl.gov>
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--qftxBdZWiueWNAVY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.11.05 09:18:37 -0800, Jin Guojun [VFFS] wrote: > Simon L. Nielsen wrote: >=20 > >On 2004.11.04 19:52:23 -0800, Jin Guojun [VFFS] wrote: > > > >>Craig Rodrigues wrote: > >> > >>>On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 03:19:58PM -0800, Jin Guojun [VFFS] wrote: > >>> > >>>>... > >>>>avail memory =3D 511500288 (487 MB) > >>>>ACPI APIC Table: < ASUS P2B-DS > > >>>>ACPI disabled by blacklist. Contact your BIOS vendor. > >>>>MADT: ACPI Startup failed with AE_ERROR > >>>>Try disabling either ACPI or apic support. > >>>>panic: Using MADT but ACPI doesn't work > >>>> > >>>Look at section 11.16.3.2: > >>>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.h= tml > >>> > >>>Try setting hint.apic.0.disabled=3D"1" at the boot loader prompt. > >>> > >>FYI, actually, it is hint.acpi... not hint.apic... > > > >ACPI and APIC are two different things. > > > >>The same typo also exists in > >> > >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/acpi-debug.ht= ml > > > >At least the place I looked it looked it seemed to be correct, where > >exactly do you think there is an error? > > 11.16.3.2 System Hangs (temporary or permanent) > > It talks about "... correctness of the APIC (MADT) table", which seems > not matching the panic message above. Panic message says that MADT is > related to ACPI, not APIC. Yes, I think the issue described in the Handbook is unrelated to your problems (but I know very little of ACPI so I'm not sure). > The, the second paragraph talks acpi0, then the last paragraph talks > disable it via setting hint.apic.0.disabled=3D"1" > > Nowhere in the entire web page says about hint.acpi.0.disabled variable. > This is the part confuse me to believe that this may be the typo. > > If both hint.apic.0.disabled and hint.acpi.0.disabled exist, a clear > introdution should be placed at front (top of the page) to illustrate > what difference they are, and where they should be used for. Indeed it looks like something like that would a good idea. So Somebody(tm) should look at it :-). --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --qftxBdZWiueWNAVY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBjSC4h9pcDSc1mlERAsuvAJ9W+35/TbtUfndAe6ib6GfXhVfCYACeNOBb 17G7OIc2T+BOWwSYJJdyhIg= =AHng -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qftxBdZWiueWNAVY--
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