Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 02:19:05 +0100 From: Joao Barros <joao.barros@gmail.com> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Subject: Re: 6.0-CURRENT SNAP004 hangs on amr (patch) Message-ID: <70e8236f05091018192d76725a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43236E04.4020208@samsco.org> References: <70e8236f05070208212e36c375@mail.gmail.com> <200507291318.24428.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <70e8236f050807192628b0405e@mail.gmail.com> <200508081311.51857.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <70e8236f05090321007f621845@mail.gmail.com> <70e8236f05090513381584dda0@mail.gmail.com> <70e8236f0509051350e020f76@mail.gmail.com> <70e8236f05091016251510408c@mail.gmail.com> <43236E04.4020208@samsco.org>
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On 9/11/05, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote: > Thanks for the invesitgative work. I strenously objected to this change > when it went in, and this kind of problem is precisely the reason why. > Turning off device power on the PCI bus willy-nilly is such an > incredibly bad idea, even if the hope with it is to get a few extra > minutes of battery life on a laptop. >=20 > I worked around this problem with the AAC devices, but I don't know if > the AMR devices can be worked around the same way. I've asked Warner in > private to back out the change. If he refuses, then I'm afraid that > you'll need to remember an undocumented workaround, or find another OS. >=20 > Scott It took me more than a week and almost 20 kernel (and some buildworlds) compilations to get the problem identified and be able to use a workaround. It will take me much more than that to make me walk from FreeBSD :) I can't stress enough my respect for this project and the people who make it what it is: Thank you! -- Joao Barros
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