Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:36:52 -0500 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@niksun.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> Cc: Kent Palmkvist <kentp@isy.liu.se> Subject: Re: Problems with a Acer Aspire Message-ID: <200502111236.53771.jkim@niksun.com> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e05021107356dcfe983@mail.gmail.com> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050211150014.02fdc380@mail.isy.liu.se> <2fd864e05021107356dcfe983@mail.gmail.com>
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On Friday 11 February 2005 10:35 am, Astrodog wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:43:02 +0100, Kent Palmkvist <kentp@isy.liu.se> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > Here is a fix how to get the Acer Aspire 1522 WLMi to boot amd64 > > FreeBSD (tested with 5.3 and 6-current-snap from February 2005). > > > > Problem: > > The boot process hangs after loading the kernel, but before > > getting any output from the kernel boot. > > In 5.3 this means that I get the daemon figure with the 7 > > choices, and independent of which of the > > choices I make, the loader indicator will make a couple of turns > > and then stop. This has been tested > > with all the different versions of the amd64 FreeBSD that I have > > been able to find (5.3-RELEASE, > > 5.3-SNAP, 6-Current-SNAP etc.) dating from December 2004 to > > February 2005. Also tested the one > > by Kelly Black that solved a problem with the Compaq Presario > > R3000z (http://blackk.union.edu/~black/freebsd/) but with same > > disapointing results. > > > > Solution: > > Disable the Legacy USB Support in the bios setup (at least > > available in v1.09 of the BIOS). It boots > > correctly into the installer for 6-current-snap from February > > 2005 (do not need to select any special > > boot options). For 5.3-RELEASE, it needs the ACPI to be disabled, > > otherwise it will get a panic on > > "vm_fault: fault on nofault entry" after cardbus detection. If > > ACPI is disabled, 5.3-RELEASE will boot > > nicely into the installer. > > > > good luck! > > > > /Kent > > Tried the R3000Z line of patches? Might relate. If I am not mistaken completely, his problem is not related to my patches. Acer Aspire 1522 WLMi has VIA chipsets and they have different issues. In fact, I have Acer Ferrari 3400 and I had experienced similar problems before. I am using 6-CURRENT on it now. BTW, 'turning off USB legacy support fixed problem' sounds like he has C0 revision core (i. e., errata #93) without BIOS workaround. You can see the CPU ID from dmesg: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (2000.08-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0xf48 Stepping = 8 This is from my desktop. If the Id is 0xf48, you have C0 revision core. FYI, Ferrari 3400 has Oakville core! CPU: Mobile AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ (2004.56-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x10fc0 Stepping = 0 Jung-uk Kim
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