From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 20:02:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED83D16A417 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:02:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EDFF13C48D for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:02:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.8p) with ESMTP id 217859821-1834499 for multiple; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:02:15 -0500 Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lA5K1nwH063643; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 15:01:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: "Bob Johnson" Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:15:53 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <6eb82e0711010634x5f70e974i78c505d8eda24223@mail.gmail.com> <54db43990711050652v1cf7a2e8ra1fcbdfe3e1a436e@mail.gmail.com> <54db43990711050848i67b54bfbuc290414e6f4847f7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54db43990711050848i67b54bfbuc290414e6f4847f7@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711051415.53489.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:01:50 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4675/Mon Nov 5 11:20:43 2007 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: panic: no BIOS SMAP info from loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:02:36 -0000 On Monday 05 November 2007 11:48:07 am Bob Johnson wrote: > On 11/5/07, Bob Johnson wrote: > > > My web searches on this indicated that when HP first introduced these > > systems, they had the same problem with Linux. HP provided a patch > > that allows recent Linux kernels to boot. Older i386 FreeBSDs also can > > not boot on my HP dc7700. So it appears someone has already fixed this > > for i386, but no one has moved it to AMD64. > > > > I don't remember which i386 versions work or don't work, but I can > > start booting install disks and find out. > > Hmmm. Maybe I should retract that. I cannot find an i386 install CD > that won't boot on it. I've tried 7.0-BETA1, 6.2-STABLEsnap200708, > 6.2-RC1, 6.1-RELEASE, 6.0-BETA2, 6.0-BETA1, 5.3-RC1 (hangs probing > ATA1), 4.5-RELEASE, and 4.3-RELEASE. But I thought I remembered being > unable to boot some i386 install CDs in it. Without an SMAP, FreeBSD/i386 is only going to find about 64M of RAM on the box though. Do you know what the patch was that HP provided for Linux? I wasn't able to find it. If you disable ACPI is FreeBSD/i386 able to see all of the RAM in the box? -- John Baldwin