Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:02:55 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libi386/biosacpi.c - bad RSDP checksum search Message-ID: <200912091002.55490.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20091209103248.GP98273@pollux.cenkes.org> References: <20091208060339.GK98273@pollux.cenkes.org> <20091208134913.GL98273@pollux.cenkes.org> <20091209103248.GP98273@pollux.cenkes.org>
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On Wednesday 09 December 2009 5:32:49 am Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 04:49:13PM +0300, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > > Oops. I obviously made a wrong assumption. I'll try to confirm. > > Yep, the good RSDP is found later. > > So I think either a "bad checksum" should be followed by a "good > checksum" or it should only be printed if no good RSDP has been > found. Attached are a couple of alternative tiny patches. > > Otherwise, a FAQ entry should be added to keep the mere mortals > like me from wondering about the error message. FWIW, it comes up > on many (most?) IBM System x machines. We can probably just drop the message altogether I think. The ACPI stuff the loader does is just advisory. The kernel will give more detailed notes about a bad checksum if needed. -- John Baldwin
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