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Date:      Sat, 19 Jan 2002 00:56:17 -0600
From:      Andy Isaacson <adi@hexapodia.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vaio r505te: 4.4, 4.5-RC1 "lock up"
Message-ID:  <20020119005617.B30589@hexapodia.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020119021829.GA54938@helios.dub.net>; from mij@soupnazi.org on Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 06:18:29PM -0800
References:  <20020118162726.A25081@hexapodia.org> <20020119021829.GA54938@helios.dub.net>

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On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 06:18:29PM -0800, Jim Mock wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 at 16:27:26 -0600, Andy Isaacson wrote:
[snip]
> > I'm attempting to install on my snazzy new laptop, a Sony Vaio R505TE
> > with external CD-ROM attached via PCMCIA.
> > 
> > 4.3 installs just fine.
[snip 4.4 boots]
> > just fine, but no userland output makes it to the console.  The last
> > thing I see when booting off the 4.4 CD-ROM is
> > 
> > ad0: 14307MB <IBJ-DJSA-220> [29070/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
> > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c
> 
> Yes, look at the -mobile archive, where this has been discussed.  The
> problem has nothing to do with the i815 chipset, it's due to the pccard
> changes that went into 4.4-R.  You can get around it by adding the
> following to /boot/loader.conf:
> 
>    hw.pcic.intr_path="1"
>    hw.pcic.irq="0"
> 
> You can also set it at the boot prompt when you boot up.

That fixed it, thanks much.  Apologies for rehashing a topic that's been
done to death I'm sure; I'd even seen this suggested on other lists but
didn't connect it with my symptoms.

-andy

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