Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:09:27 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon Message-ID: <20061005130829.A46123@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20061005115140.GA47746@svzserv.kemerovo.su> References: <451F6E8E.8020301@freebsd.org> <4523916C.1080905@crc.u-strasbg.fr> <20061004163622.GA35298@xor.obsecurity.org> <20061004173637.GA66349@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20061005102923.N84384@fledge.watson.org> <20061005115140.GA47746@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
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On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 10:30:09AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > >>>> When this kind of thing happens you just need to periodically make a bit >>>> of noise to make sure it doesn't get forgotten. In particular you should >>>> mention the problem to re@ so they can investigate and track it. >>> >>> Do I need to bother re@ with non-working fdc(4) in 6.2-PRERELEASE? >>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/103841 >>> >>> In short: dual boot computer, floppy drive works in Windows, does not work >>> at all in 6.2-PRE. >> >> Could you try booting a 6.1 or 6.0 CD and see if this is a regression from >> previous FreeBSD versions? Often, floppy disk problems are a symptom of an >> ACPI/BIOS problem, FYI, so you might want to check if there's a BIOS update >> from your system/motherboard vendor. > > I run latest BIOS afaik. > > It's definetely a regression from 4.11-STABLE that runs fine on this system > with ACPI fully enabled (see also followup to the PR that I made today for > more details). I have up-to-date mirror of FreeBSD Repo here so can build > 6.1 or 6.0 kernel to test, and I will. 4.x doesn't use ACPI for device resource allocation (etc), I believe, so while ACPI may be enabled in the BIOS, it's not being used by FreeBSD. The limited ACPI support in FreeBSD 4.x is for power management. It would be interesting to know how 4.x probes the hardware vs. how it apperas in the 6.x dmesg. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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