Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 09:16:29 -0700 From: David Marshall <dmarshall@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES: Is BIOS Update the First Step? Message-ID: <53f15863050530091679191205@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, My boss just put a new server in our colo. It has a Tyan Thunder K8SR motherboard with 2 Opterons. When I boot an SMP kernel, dmesg.boot includes the following: CPU: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 246 (1991.88-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin =3D "AuthenticAMD" Id =3D 0xf58 Stepping =3D 8 Features=3D0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,= MCA,CM OV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2> AMD Features=3D0xe0500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,LM,3DNow+,3DNow> real memory =3D 2147483648 (2048 MB) avail memory =3D 2061676544 (1966 MB) ACPI-0159: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not get RSDP, AE_NO_ACPI_TAB= LES ACPI-0213: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not load tables: AE_NO_ACPI_= TABL ES ACPI: table load failed: AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES My searches have indicated that the most prevalent causes of this are ACPI not being enabled or an out-of-date BIOS. The motherboard manual indicates that ACPI is enabled by default, so should our next step be just to update the BIOS and hope for the best? Is there a clever way to determine our BIOS version without physically accessing the server? TIA!
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