Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:27:17 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD/amd64 on machine without ACPI BIOS? Message-ID: <1406787882.20111211132717@serebryakov.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <76373418.20111209141018@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <76373418.20111209141018@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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Hello, Freebsd-current.
You wrote 9 =E4=E5=EA=E0=E1=F0=FF 2011 =E3., 14:10:18:
> Soekris ("famous" developer of small x86-compatible appliance-like
> hardware) released net6501 some time ago, which is based on Atom (E6xx)
> CPU.
> It seems, that 64-bit version of Linux could run on it without
> problems.
> But FreeBSD/amd64 can not. It stops after kernel detect some
> devices without any errors or panics.
> This box has one big difference from billions other Intel-based
> boxes on market: it has very special BIOS without ACPI at all. Someone
> says, that it could be reason why FreeBSD/amd64 could not be boot on
> this box.
> Is it true? Is it possible to have FreeBSD/amd64 without ACPI?
It seems, that "device mptable" in kernel config helps.
Why is it not in GENERIC kernel?
--=20
// Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org>
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