Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:43:14 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi patch for dell laptop? Message-ID: <bd7e75$g9o$1@main.gmane.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0306222307490.79545-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <20030623134240.20258.qmail@web11401.mail.yahoo.com> <20030623155230.514236dc.ltning@anduin.net> <bd748v$mdu$1@main.gmane.org> <20030623180620.18a5be17.ltning@anduin.net>
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Eirik Oeverby wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:53:32 -0400 > Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> wrote: > >> > And with ACPI disabled, the machine refuses totally to >> > boot, it hangs at 'Mounting root from ...'. If I undock the machine, >> > I can boot with and without ACPI, with the latter option being the >> > only usable (stable) mode. >> >> Just out of curiosity, have you tried setting >> >> hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1 >> >> in your /boot/device.hints file? I've found that this option fixes >> many unbootable laptops - especially thinkpads. > > Hmm.. Yes, I think I have. Atleast it's in my device.hints file now - > however I don't know if I tried docking it and booting without ACPI > after I put that line in.. Perhaps I should try again, but my gut > feeling tells me it's not gonna make any difference. Atleast as long as > its undocked it had no effect on any of the other problems I'm > experiencing. Try again and let me know. > > /Eirik -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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