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Date:      Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:02:49 -0500
From:      Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@mass.dis.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS
Message-ID:  <3B9025A9.2070102@yahoo.com>
References:  <200108312205.f7VM5Nw03739@mass.dis.org>

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Duh!!!  No wonder it was taking so long...  Seems we both forgot that would have never come up with anything...

doing a:

hexdump -C /dev/mem | grep "RSD PTR"

now...

Mike Smith wrote:

>>My motherboard is a Tyan S1696-DLUA dual P2-333.  I am using the latest known
>> bios updates.  ACPI is enabled, and APM disabled in 
>>the BIOS.  This happens regardless if PnP is on or off in the BIOS.
>>
>>[dmesg | grep -i acpi]
>>
>>ACPI debug layer 0x0  debug level 0x0
>>  tbxface-0170: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not get RSDP, AE_NO_ACPI_TAB
>>LES
>>  tbxface-0222: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not load tables: AE_NO_ACPI_
>>TABLES
>>ACPI: table load failed: AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES
>>
> 
> Your ACPI tables, assuming they exist, are somewhere we're not looking for
> them yet. 8(
> 
> Can you try:
> 
> # hexdump /dev/mem | grep "RSD PTR"
> 
> and if it finds anything (the string should be left-aligned on the line)
> send me the line it outputs... (this will take a while).
> 
> Thanks.

jim
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He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos!
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