5.2-CURRENT still not working on my mitac 8080

5.x(any version) has never worked on my mitac 8080

I've tried booting with and without acpi and even in safe mode, still 
no luck.  I've tried every release version and many different 
snapshots of -CURRENT, including one a few days ago.

if I boot verbose I get the following

$PIR: 0:2 INTA routed to irq 10
found-> vendor=0x8086, dev=0x3582, revid=0x02
	bus=0, slot=2, func=0
	class=03-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
	cmdreg=0x0007, statreg=0x0090, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
	lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
	intpin=a, irq=10
	powerspec 1  supports D0 D1 D3  current D0
	map[10]: type 3, range 32, base 00000000, size 27, memory disabled

at this point I'm at a hard lock.  The laptop does not have a serial 
port but I've heard I may be able to remotely debug it with the 
firewire port.  Could anyone provide any information on this 
including what type of cable/hardware I would need for this?
-- 
David W. Chapman Jr.
dwcjr_at_inethouston.net	Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net>