Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:30:05 +0800 From: Alastair Hogge <agh@coolrhaug.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: kochetkov.andrew@gmail.com, Randy Chou <randychou@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel DP45SG motherboard problem (amd64) Message-ID: <201002271530.05185.agh@coolrhaug.com> In-Reply-To: <201002261129.13746.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201002212231.12018.agh@coolrhaug.com> <201002261915.29028.agh@coolrhaug.com> <201002261129.13746.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Sat February 27 2010 00:29:13 John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday 26 February 2010 6:15:28 am Alastair Hogge wrote: > > On Thu February 25 2010 21:02:58 John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Wednesday 24 February 2010 6:32:21 pm Alastair Hogge wrote: > > > > On Wed February 24 2010 22:46:29 John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 23 February 2010 5:40:31 pm Alastair Hogge wrote: > > > > > > On Wed February 24 2010 00:14:00 John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > > > On Tuesday 23 February 2010 8:51:04 am Alastair Hogge wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello John, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In regards to an old email thread: > > > > > > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2009- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > June/thread.html#5887 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've attached the i386 dmesg & "mptable device" from a > > > > > > > > > > 9.0-CURRENT -r204168 system which still fails on booting > > > > > > > > > > an amd64 CD. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You need to build a custom amd64 kernel which includes > > > > > > > > > "device > > > > > > > > > > mptable" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and use that. You may need to set 'hint.acpi.0.disabled=1' > > > > > > > > > as well to force ACPI to be disabled. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, I've cross built an amd64 system and installed it on a > > > > > > > > spare HDD. Once it booted I ran "mptable -verbose -dmesg > > > > > > > > -grope" Here is the > > > > > > > > > > output: > > > > > > > It appears that the new kernel works, yes? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes > > > > > > > > > > > > > That should at least get you a > > > > > > > working system now. > > > > > > > > > > > > Pretty exciting, however, it looks like that booting from an > > > > > > installation CD is still problematic. > > > > > > > > > > Yes, but it is really odd that you do not have any ACPI tables. > > > > > All 64-bit machines should have ACPI. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have no idea why the system does not provide ACPI > > > > > > > tables. Is there a BIOS option to enable/disable ACPI perhaps? > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't find anything . > > > > > > > > > > Can you save the output of 'acpidump -d -t' to a file and post the > > URL? > > > > > > If the output is very short, you can just paste it inline into a > > > > > reply. > > > > > > > > # acpidump -d -t > > > > /* > > > > RSD PTR: OEM=INTEL, ACPI_Rev=2.0x (2) > > > > XSDT=0xcfd62e18, length=36, cksum=1 > > > > */ > > > > acpidump: XSDT is corrupted > > > > > > Hmm, the checksum for the XSDT is bad. You can try hacking > > > src/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidump/acpi.c to disable the checksum check for the > > > XSDT. Just look for the 'XSDT is corrupted' string in that source file > > and > > > > comment out the call to acpi_checksum(). Something like this: > > > > > > rsdp = (ACPI_TABLE_HEADER *)acpi_map_sdt(rp- >XsdtPhysicalAddress); > > > if (memcmp(rsdp->Signature, "XSDT", 4) != 0 /* || > > > acpi_checksum(rsdp, rsdp->Length) != 0 */) > > > errx(1, "XSDT is corrupted"); > > > addr_size = sizeof(uint64_t); > > > > > > Then see if acpidump -d -t gets any further. > > > > Pleas see http://pastebin.ca/1811641 > > You might noticed a different XSDT in the lastest dump. This is because I > > moved the amd64 hdd to the other system and booted it from there. Both > > systems > > > are identical except for the video cards. > > > > > I would also look for a BIOS > > > update perhaps, > > > > I've updated the BIOS, but still no luck. > > > > > and/or complain to your motherboard vendor that their BIOS > > > is broken. > > > > Complaining has begun. > > Hmm, it looks like it is a common problem with this board actually. Try > editing src/contrib/dev/acpica/include/acconfig.h and changing > ACPI_CHECKSUM_ABORT to 0 instead of FALSE. acpidump output doesn't change & the system still fails to boot with ACPI enabled.
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